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TAKING STOCK: OP/ED: NEVER LET A GOOD CRISIS GO TO WASTE by Boyd Browning HOW WE GOT HERE I imagine if you are reading this, we share something in common--the love of horses and horse racing. Like me, you may even make your living and provide for family by working in this industry. When I get the TDN Alerts at night that another important governing body is calling for an end to racing or to shut down the track, I feel sick to my stomach and can't sleep. And then I get up in the morning and read/listen to the finger pointing and infighting within the industry. The "blame game" must stop immediately and we can either work together to make smart decisions that reflect the world we live in and survive, or we can continue to fight with one another about who's right and who's wrong. We must recognize and embrace meaningful change to protect and care for the horse. Cont. p3

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Is the future of the American dirt horse at a crossroads? | Coady CUNNINGHAM–A REBEL IN THE RANKS Alayna Cullen chats with Rebel Racing’s Phil Cunningham about new stallion Rajasinghe (GB) (Choisir {Aus}). Click or tap by Sid Fernando here to go straight to TDN Europe.

The American dirt horse is tough, strong, and fast. He's an athlete. He's a combination of speed and stamina, bred to race on an unforgivingly hard surface, bred to race at two, bred to break quickly from the gate, bred to run hard early, bred to withstand pressure late. He's not a pet, though he's viewed as such by a growing segment of the population. He's been selectively bred like working dogs, who are as prized for their "prey drive" as he is for his ability to compete. American dirt horses and their sons and daughters may not be as sought after around the world as they once were, but their influence globally is still significant. Sunday Silence (Halo) changed the face of Japanese racing, and he has a son, Deep Impact (Jpn), who is doing even more. Danehill (Danzig) is a ubiquitous presence in Australia and Europe. Sir Tristram (Sir Ivor) put New Zealand on the map. Sadler's Wells (Northern Dancer) and sons and others by Northern Dancer have long dominated Europe. Southern Halo (Halo) was a giant in Argentina. I could go on, but you get the drift. Cont. p5 PUBLISHER & CEO Sue Morris Finley @suefinley [email protected]

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ADVERTISING [email protected] Director of Advertising Alycia Borer Advertising Manager Lia Best Advertising Designer Amanda Crelin Advertising Assistants Alexa Reisfield Amie Morosco Advertising Assistant/Dir. Of Distribution Rachel McCaffrey Gulfstream Park recently welcomed 35 students from the Fort Lauderdale YMCA STEP Photographer/Photo Editor Program for a tour of its backstretch and meetings with several department heads to Sarah K. Andrew @SarahKAndrew talk about various vocations. The STEP program (Supported Training Employment [email protected] Program) is designed to help teens and young adults with special needs transition to Social Media Strategist independence and identify and explore post-secondary careers and educational Justina Severni opportunities. | Gulfstream Park Director of Customer Service Vicki Forbes [email protected] GARGAN HOPING TO RAISE TAX BRACKET 11

Marketing Manager Because for all the blue-collar credentials they appear to share, Alayna Cullen @AlaynaCullen both Danny Gargan and Tax have an inborn eligibility for a race that could catapult them into the front rank of contenders for the Director of Information Technology Kentucky Derby itself. Chris McGrath has the story. Ray Villa [email protected]

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Within the industry, we can continue to refer to this item as a "riding crop.@ The reality is 99% of the general public believes it Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste cont. from p1 is a whip. Within the industry, we can continue to say it is cushioned, is used to make noise and does not hurt or injure the horse. The reality is 99% of the general public asks, "Why do you allow the jockeys to beat the horse coming down the stretch?" In those infrequent instances when a jockey's safety is in question, its use is certainly legitimate and justified. The usage in those instances can be evaluated by a panel of knowledgeable and experienced horseman such as Alex Solis, Ramon Dominguez, Pat Day and certainly many others. Otherwise, its usage must stop.

2. Aftercare Our industry has made progress in recent years to address this issue, primarily through the formation of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) and the efforts of countless, dedicated adoption and rescue organizations. However, the current Boyd Browning | Fasig-Tipton funding mechanisms are not adequate to address the issue. All constituents and participants throughout the industry must I believe it is crucial we address these three issues provide mandatory funding to solve this issue--racetracks, immediately: owners, breeders, sales companies, trainers, jockeys, and other organizations. We must be able to clearly demonstrate that our 1. The "Riding Crop" industry cares about Thoroughbreds after their time at the TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 5, 2019 racetrack is completed. throughout the life of the Thoroughbred horse. In the words of Winston Churchill, "Never let a good crisis go to 3. Medication and The Horse Racing Integrity Act waste." It provides an opportunity to do things you may not Lasix is unquestionably been the biggest dividing force within have been able to accomplish before. We should embrace this our industry in recent years. I personally have two strong moment to implement positive change as an industry and each beliefs: of us has a personal responsibility to do so beginning today. (1) The use of Lasix has NOT caused the current crisis associated with the recent breakdowns; (2) Our current medication system and policy is NOT working. Accordingly, I encourage and implore the horsemen (HBPA), " " " the major racetracks (TSG, CDI, NYRA, Del Mar, Keeneland and Oaklawn) and RCI to provide leadership to make substantial and meaningful changes to the existing rules and regulations to improve equine safety and health by the end of 2019. The status quo is not acceptable, nor sustainable. If such change does not Follow the TDN staff on Twitter occur by Dec. 31, 2019, each and every participant within our Thoroughbred Daily News industry should support federal legislation. Accordingly, to the current supporters of The Horse Racing @kelseynrileyTDN @BDiDonatoTDN @SteveSherackTDN Integrity Act, the issues facing our industry are larger and more @JessMartiniTDN @CDeBernardisTDN @BMassamTDN significant than the Lasix issue. I implore you to work with all @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN @suefinley facets of the industry to address these other meaningful and more threatening issues facing our industry. @MKane49 @thorntontd @garykingTDN All of us should be able to support and endorse increased @SarahKAndrew @theTDN @JBiancaTDN transparency with regard to the administration of medication

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the Irish-based stud farm landed Justify (Scat Daddy) last year to stand at its Kentucky affiliate, Ashford Stud: "My grandfather M. V. O'Brien built Ballydoyle off the backs of some brilliant American Classic horses. In Justify and American Pharoah we How We Got Here cont. from p1 now have two all-time greats, so we couldn't be more optimistic about the future." That about puts the stature of the American dirt horse in perspective. Last year in the pavilion at the Fasig-Tipton yearling sale at Saratoga, Claiborne's Bernie Sams said, "People don't come to this sale looking for turf horses. They're here looking for dirt horses that can win the Kentucky Derby. Sure, there's more opportunity on turf now, and if they get one that runs only turf, fine, but they mostly want the classic dirt horse. That's what they're looking for." Coolmore and partners found one of those last week when they outbid Stonestreet Farm for the Curlin (Smart Strike) colt at $3.65 million at the Fasig-Tipton selected 2-year-olds-in-training sale at Gulfstream. From the Bernardini mare Achieving--a granddaughter of Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour, dam of Coolmore's Belmont S. winner Rags to Riches--the son of M. V. Magnier | Fasig-Tipton photo the Hill 'n' Dale-based Horse of the Year and Preakness winner was a gorgeous physical specimen with ideal temperament M. V. Magnier, son of Coolmore owner John Magnier and who'd worked in :10 flat but is bred to run all day on dirt. In grandson of legendary Irish trainer Vincent O'Brien, said, after other words, he's the prime example of the type of horse that TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 15 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 5, 2019

The breed-shaping Sadler=s Wells | Coolmore photo

Bernie Sams noted that buyers want, to aim for the American Classics. The development of the American dirt horse mirrored the evolution of our immigrant culture. Imports, like immigrants, formed a bedrock. The breeding industry here was strengthened by importing foreign-bred stock, horses like Sir Gallahad (Fr) (Teddy {Fr}), Bleinheim (GB) (Blandford {Ire}), Mahmoud (Fr) (Blenheim), Nasrullah (GB) (Nearco {Ity}), etc., horses that had raced on turf but were asked to adapt to the American way of racing flat-out from the gate on dirt ovals at sprint distances and up. It was a Darwinian approach: Those that made the transition and assimilated to the ways of a new culture succeeded, and those that didn't, failed; a microcosm of society at large, where the safety nets then weren't as large as they are now. Breeders and stud farms were cognizant of continuously infusing new foreign blood to supplement and strengthen the few native strains (imports from a century earlier) and second- and third-generation lines here, and they had the money behind them to buy the best stallions from abroad as America was propelled through a period of economic prosperity after WWll. This process, through decades of being tested on dirt, produced that unique American dirt horse that was distinctly different to its foreign counterparts who raced on turf, at distances longer than here, and in a style of not being seriously asked to run until late in a race. By the time that Vincent O'Brien started vigorously importing North American horses to Europe in the 1960s and 1970s, these differences became widely known. The Americans had more speed and gear changes than their European counterparts, and turf wasn't a problem for most of them. As a result, they started beating the Europeans at their own game. For example, in the three decades of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, there were 14 North American-bred Epsom Derby winners. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 7 OF 15 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 5, 2019

By that time, of course, the pendulum had swung, and liberal use of the diuretic that was legally available in all racing European stables had the monetary heft to import the best of jurisdictions for the treatment of bleeders suffering from our horses, and many of those--notably Sadler's Wells and exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage or EIPH. Danehill, both at Coolmore--went on to become iconic sires and By this time, too, the breeding industry had weathered the sire makers abroad. advent of synthetic tracks and had rebelled against them, Since 2000, only one North American-bred horse, Kris Kin, in complaining, mostly in private, but powerful circles, that the 2003, has won the Epsom Derby. The Europeans, with such artificial surfaces were changing the character of the American Classic-siring stallions as Galileo and Montjeu--both dirt horse. Santa Anita, Keeneland, Del Mar, and Meydan--with a Coolmore-based sons of Sadler's Wells--no longer needed the lack of American support--soon reverted back to dirt, and for American dirt horse for Europe as it once had. In fact, there some of the elite owners and breeders who had urged surface were whispers both here and abroad that the American dirt changes back to dirt, their sights were now solely on Lasix and horse was no longer what it once was, and the global economic medication. The Jockey Club, to which many belonged, was meltdown of 2007-2008 was perhaps a symbolic metaphor for charged with leading the fight for medication reform and, its perceived decline. (In recent years there's been a bit of a specifically, to get federal intervention to ban race-day renaissance with American-bred progeny of such as War Front, medication. With friends in high places and the funds to lobby Scat Daddy, and Kitten's Joy enjoying some European success at Washington, The Jockey Club through the last several years got levels below the Classics.) various versions of the "Integrity Act" introduced in Congress-- none that has progressed past the subcommittee level--and The Finger Pointing created a wide-ranging PR campaign that equated Lasix with the It's about at this point that medication such as race-day Lasix illegal "drugging and doping" of horses. became (or became again) the hot-button issue for what ailed The Lasix battle has essentially pitted one segment of the American racing and breeding--the equine version of the opioid industry against another: the group at the top of the pyramid crisis. You know the story: fewer starts, less stamina, more represented by The Jockey Club versus the rank-and-file brittleness, more breakdowns, etc. All this was blamed on the horsemen plying their trades at the bottom, represented by the Australia’s population is LESS THAN A TENTH of America’s... BUT IN 2017 ‘AUSSIES’ BET $2 BILLION

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Representative Andy Barr (pictured) of Kentucky and Paul Tonko of New York reintroduced the Horseracing Integrity Act last month Horsephotos

National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (NHBPA). The internecine warfare, unfortunately, has now had the amplified effect of projecting to the public a culture of "drugging" in the aftermath of the 23 fatalities at Santa Anita, though no follow-up studies have been conducted to pinpoint actual cause. The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita, is a major backer, both philosophically and financially, of the Integrity Act, and it has deflected attention away from the dirt racing surface as the cause of the fatalities and has brought the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to the table in its attempt to effect policy change through a range of measures, including limited use of Lasix and the whip and the banning of several therapeutic medications. However, in PETA, whose stated mission is to end racing, it has a Trojan Horse on its hands that has already turned on TSG and racing. Coincidently--or perhaps through a concerted effort--the latest version of the Integrity Act was also introduced in Congress during the Santa Anita crisis, and The Jockey Club just days ago followed up with a "white paper" urging for the act's passage and implying that the use of medication was a likely cause of the Santa Anita fatalities. It said, "Improper drug use can directly lead to horse injuries and deaths." Curiously, what The Jockey Club didn't publicize in its paper--or hasn't in its fight to get the Integrity Act passed over the last few years--is important data that it has collected for years through its equine injury database on equine fatalities. Here are The Jockey Club figures of fatalities per 1,000 for Santa Anita from 2009 to 2017. Note the startling discrepancies between the synthetic surfaces and dirt: TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 9 OF 15 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 5, 2019

2009 (synthetic): 0.90/1000 2010 (synthetic): 0.59/1000 2011 (dirt): 2.94/1000 2012 (dirt): 2.89/1000 2013 (dirt): 2.11/1000 2014 (dirt): 1.57/1000 2015 (dirt): 1.75/1000 2016 (dirt): 3.13/1000 2017 (dirt): 2.27/1000

If The Jockey Club is truly interested in welfare, it should have advocated for a return to the safety of synthetic surfaces along with its agenda for medication reform, and this omission is nothing but an embarrassment in full public view now. PETA and a senator from California have already digested this and have called for a return to the less-fatal synthetic surfaces at Santa Anita. It's also quite likely that lawmakers considering co-sponsoring the Integrity Act will also now insist on the inclusion of synthetic surfaces in the bill. Now that the genie is out of the bottle, adverse publicity against dirt tracks is snowballing. The other day the Louisville Courier-Journal blasted a headline that read "Churchill Downs is one of the deadliest racetracks in America" and said the home of the Kentucky Derby had a fatality rate of 2.73/1000. High fatality rates, of course, are part and parcel of the culture of American dirt racing--the proving ground of the American dirt horse. It's what made those that excelled in this rigorous program special and desirable. But it has come at a price, something those involved in the business--including The Jockey Club--have known for decades. But in the current climate, where animal welfare looms so large in society, the future of the American dirt horse may once again be at a crossroads.

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LA TIMES CALLS FOR SANTA ANITA TO SHUT ITS DOORS UNTIL QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED by Bill Finley The mainstream, non-industry media, has been heavily critical of Santa Anita and racing in general since horses started breaking down at the Southern California in numbers that were well beyond the norm. So it should have come as no surprise when Thursday's Los Angeles Times featured an editorial from TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 10 OF 15 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 5, 2019 its editorial board with the headline "Santa Anita should stop racing until it knows why horses are dying." The editorial board concluded: "Given that unexplained increase, how is it possible that racing is still going on at Santa Anita? It seems obvious that until Santa Anita officials and all the relevant experts have the information they need to figure out the cause of the deaths, horses should not be racing there." In another sentence that the industry might find alarming, the editorial board wrote: "Still, can we really justify hundreds of horse deaths each year to satisfy our need for entertainment? If owners can't show they are very serious about bringing the number down still farther, the public will lose its tolerance for this collateral damage."

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The Los Angeles Times is the largest and most influential newspaper in California. Santa Anita has announced no plan to close, despite pressure to do so not only from the Times but from Senator Diane Feinstein, Congresswoman Judy Chu and PETA. The story that 23 horses have broken down at Santa Anita since the beginning of the meet has been met with widespread and largely unfavorable news coverage. Virtually every television station in Los Angeles has covered the story extensively and it was picked up nationally by, among others, the Today Show and CNN.com. The New York Times and Washington Post have also been following the story. Santa Anita will hold its biggest card of the year Saturday, one that features the GI Santa Anita Derby and the GI Santa Anita H. The media will no doubt be watching carefully.

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U.S. REP. BARR TO TOUR SANTA ANITA THIS GARGAN HOPING TO RAISE TAX BRACKET IN WEEKEND by T.D. Thornton WOOD by Chris McGrath United States Representative Andy Barr (R-KY), who co-chairs the Congressional Horse Caucus and is a co-sponsor of the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2019, will reportedly tour Santa Anita Park this weekend in an effort to learn more about the circumstances surrounding 23 equine deaths at the track since the start of the meet on Dec. 26. The Washington D.C. news bureau of McClatchy.com on Thursday first reported news of Barr=s Santa Anita visit, noting that it was added on to the Congressman=s previously scheduled trip to take part in a fundraiser at the Beverly Hills Peninsula hotel hosted by a political action committee that benefits Barr called Building America=s Republican Representation (AKA ABarr-PAC@). A Thursday email sent by TDN to Barr=s communications director requesting confirmation and details about the Santa Danny Gargan | Adam Coglianese Anita visit did not yield a reply in time for deadline for this story. McClatchy reported that Barr=s visit will include a meeting with He has broken through the ranks, forcing his way into officials from The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita. The whatever gaps--however fleeting, however narrow--are story also reported that Barr Aagrees with@ Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) incautiously left open by more established rivals. To the point that there needs to be a Congressional review about the deaths. that there's now no knowing how far he might go. AWe=re going to do some fact finding and learn a little bit more And that's just the horse. But much the same holds true of about the perspectives of what happened out there and what Danny Gargan, who claimed a gelded son of Arch at Keeneland they=re doing to take remedial action,@ Barr told McClatchy. AA last fall and tomorrow saddles him for the GII Wood Memorial lot of our constituents in Kentucky race their horses out there S., presented by NYRA Bets, at Aqueduct: this squat, pugnacious and there are a lot of ties.@ figure, who has lived and worked on the backside all his life, but McClatchy reported that ABarr stopped short of joining Chu has been training barely five years. Because for all the and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D-CA), who have called for the blue-collar credentials they appear to share, both Gargan and suspension of horse racing at the park until investigators Tax have an inborn eligibility for a race that could catapult them determine the cause of the deaths.@ Referencing the Horseracing Integrity Act bill that was introduced Mar. 14, Barr told McClatchy that AAnything we can do to make the sport safer and eliminate doping, we need to do that, because doping is unsafe for the equine athlete and the human athlete. The industry obviously has a challenge right now and we want the perception of the sport and the reality of the sport to be safe and we want to eliminate any factors that could contribute to more deaths.@

HAVE A NEW FOAL? Click here to submit your Foaling News for Stakes Winning and/or Stakes Producing Mares for publication in the TDN. TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 12 OF 15 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 5, 2019 into the front rank of contenders for the Kentucky Derby itself. It might have been a wasted journey, but Gargan came out on Tax has no less aristocratic a pedigree than you would expect top in a seven-way shake. Going home, he resolved to transfer of a horse bred by Claiborne Farm and Adele B. Dilschneider. His Tax to turf at Belmont or Aqueduct. "But when we breezed him, dam, by the great broodmare sire Giant's Causeway, is out of he went so good we decided to try him on the dirt," he recalls. Yell (A.P. Indy), who ran third in the GI Kentucky Oaks, herself a "His first work was okay, then I gave him Lasix for the second half-sister to Roar (Forty Niner) out of half-sister to Kentucky work and he worked tremendous." Derby winner Sea Hero. As Gargan says, it's just as well Tax had So much so that Tax--with a nudge from Gargan's old friend been cut because otherwise he would never have been running Kiaran McLaughlin--was supplemented to the GII Remsen S. for for a $50,000 tag. But Gargan's own background amply qualifies his barn debut. Tax finished third, and Gargan said that he could him to have turned Tax into the street-fighting winner of the have been second if ridden to do so. "We were probably a little GIII Withers S. in February. too aggressive trying to go after the winner," he says. Gargan was only four when his father was killed in an At that stage, of course, the horse had barely been with him automobile accident. But he grew up surrounded by people who for a month and Gargan stresses his debt to Claiborne and also had known and respected Danny Gargan Sr., rider of the 1973 Colebrook for laying such a solid foundation. "He was in great Kentucky Oaks winner Bag Of shape when I got him," he says. Tunes (Herbager {Fr}). People "You know, we're having lots of like Nick Zito, Mark Hennig problems with young horses and Merrill Scherer took him because they're not raised right. under their wing. Besides But this horse, his bones are working for trainers, Gargan amazing, he's sound; credit to had a stint as a jockeys' agent, Claiborne, they've bred and raised and was doing a little trading an unbelievable animal, a beautiful in young horses when P.J. horse with a great dosage." Campo urged him to start up But if Tax was a maturing young his own barn. He did so with horse anyway, he evidently just two horses, but within a responded to a winter regime that couple of years had sounds a little more demanding announced himself with the than most. "I do train my horses $16,000 claim Divine Miss pretty aggressive," Gargan Grey (Divine Park). Over the concedes. "I train every day, I Co-owner Randy Hill (center) and Gargan following Tax=s victory past two years she has earned in the GIII Withers S. | Sarah K Andrew gallop a lot, I breeze fast when I close to $1 million, crowning work. Anyway, he's handled it, her improvement last fall with a Grade II success and second- thrived on it. We thought we'd win the Withers. He had kind of a place effort in the GI Beldame S. rough trip, he stumbled really bad at the start, then got stuck Gargan's barn is now up to around 40 horses, but he expects down inside. But he's a big, game horse, he's not scared of other to add another 20 juveniles. There is always something of a horses, he actually relishes the competition. He got checked on revolving door, of course, for a trainer who has made his name heels for a minute and you're just hoping a rail opens, and finally in the claiming division. But Tax's graduation towards the elite he pushed his way through. And once he did, Junior [Alvarado] could be a game-changer for the Gargan brand. If so, he will said he had a lot more horse: he was like, 'Where's my never forget weighing up this well-connected debutant, then buddies?'" trained by Ben Colebrook, on a simulcast from Churchill last That relish for action equips Tax ideally for the chaos of the September. Derby, not least with that deep pedigree behind him. In fact, "We're always looking for young talent," Gargan explains. "So I whatever happens in the meantime, Gargan already has the looked at his pedigree, and thought this looks like a horse who GI Belmont S. in the back of his mind. wants to go long on the grass. He ran a pretty good race that "He's bred to get the distance in these longer races," he day, for a big horse. I didn't think he'd be a sprinter but he reasons. "It'd be awesome if we could just run one-two-three in finished second [over 6 1/2f]. Then he popped up at Keeneland the Wood and could go to the Derby, because he'll get the mile in a maiden 50, going long, and I jumped on a plane to claim and a quarter and a lot of horses won't. And they're not salty him." like him, either. He likes to mix it up. He's a tough horse, a big, TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 13 OF 15 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 5, 2019 strong horse. And he's not a deep closer that needs to have it bought his dam for just $50,000, in foal to a son of his sire in set up for him. He has tactical speed, can make the race unfold Blame. Gargan, grinning, pointedly remarks how he would love for himself. If no one shows speed, he can be speed. But he will to train her offspring. But even if Tax reaches his limit in the rate. Wood, there would be no sense that his trainer has yet done the "And he's moved forward. He's had a couple of really big same. works. The other day he went :47.80 just galloping in company "People are taking notice," Gargan admits. "I feel blessed with a nice horse, and then galloped out way in front of him in because I've gone on the grass, the dirt, short or long. I don't 1:01, 1:14 and change. So we expect him to be super live in the know why. It's not like I do anything different, anything special. Wood." But we've some big opportunities coming: a few new clients One of the tenets of Gargan=s regime is that a horse will get coming aboard, more horses, better horses. Tax has helped, for more even from a :49 work in company than from blitzing sure, the phone's been ringing a little more. But I'm still going to :46 solo. He notes how Bob Baffert and Chad Brown like to work claim horses here and there. You've got to keep fighting, keep horses together, and when he was a young assistant to Zito they looking, keep working at it. did it all the time. That's a typical glimpse of the mentoring "Claiming young horses, that's my thing, I think they have a behind Gargan, and a reminder that this is not some fellow who chance to develop and get better. And to have Divine Miss Grey has just risen without a trace. and then come back now with another one? There's guys that "I was lucky as a kid," he says. "I worked with some good have been training for years haven't had that luck. So to end up people. A lot of people knew my dad, they liked him and liked with two horses like this is pretty fun. Because there's a lot of me and wanted to help. Maybe I should have started training luck involved in this game. You have to do the right thing by the sooner, but you look back and I wasn't ready mentally. The horses, have to be patient, but it takes a lot of luck too. And this jock's agent thing, that helped me. It taught me the value of a is like a one-in-100 type horse." horse, and the value of winning." As such, Gargan's antennae are constantly flicking across the horse population. Divine Miss Grey, for instance, came to his attention just in assessing the opposition in the parade ring, JUSTIFY TO SHUTTLE TO COOLMORE when starting one of his first decent horses at Aqueduct. She looked as good as ever on her recent return and Gargan is toying AUSTRALIA with the GIII Top Flight H. next. "I don't breeze her nearly as much as a horse like Tax," he says. "Just at day-to-day training she's hard on herself, the hardest horse in the barn to gallop. She's a real handful. My assistant Orlando has done a tremendous job with her. She stays wherever he's at and if she goes somewhere, I send him with her. Now, Tax is a fun, big, old happy boy, much easier to train." And there's a big old happy crew around him, too, making the ride all the more enjoyable: Lucas Stritsman of Corms Racing Stable, Hugh Lynch, Dean Reeves and Randy Hill. (Hill and Stritsman are also in Divine Miss Grey.) "Randy's a bigger-than-life type character, he brings the party," Gargan says. "This group, they're a lot of fun. And that's what I have to try and provide as well: to make it fun. You can't disappoint people every week. They want to win, or at least to Justify arriving at Ashford Stud | Coolmore photo run good. So you have to run horses where they belong, and can't be scared of a claim. And you go on rooting for the horse, if Unbeaten Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy) will shuttle you do lose one. I like being a guy people can improve off me to Coolmore Australia for the 2019 Southern Hemisphere too. As well as the guy that gets lucky and improves off breeding season, where he will stand for a private fee. somebody else, once in a while." Justify will stand alongside fellow Triple Crown winner Gargan isn't the only smart investor with a stake in Tax's American Pharoah. performance. At the Keeneland November Sale, Charles Fipke AJustify was a phenomenal racehorse who re-wrote the history books through his achievements on the track. It is an absolute Want to list your job? Standard listing:$350 Multi listing:$300 each • One printed ad on this page (date of your choice) • Two or more printed ads on this page (dates of your choice) • 30 day listing on our careers page:thetdn.com/careers • 30 day listing on our careers page:thetdn.com/careers • Job promoted through our social media channels • Job promoted through our social media channels

Contact the TDN Ad Staff: [email protected] > 43.5K >34.9K >23.5K for details or to post a job TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 14 OF 15 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 5, 2019 privilege to stand him at Coolmore Australia alongside our other turmoil we are facing today. Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, who has already been It is my belief that there are many things within our sport that so well supported by Australasian breeders@ said Coolmore could be improved on, but none more vital than the issue of Australia Principal, Tom Magnier. AScat Daddy was an incredible whipping. Having spent many of the past 40 years bearing sire who has made an instant impact as a sire of sires and we witness to spectators taking in the sport, sometimes for the first look forward to standing his best son in Jerry=s Plains.@ time, I can speak first hand of the commentary often relayed Colm Santry, Coolmore Australia=s Sales and Nominations about the use of whipping in our sport. Nothing feels more Manager added, "History tells us; the best racehorses make the contradictory to me than watching a jockey whip and whip our best sires. Justify is a horse of incredibly rare ability, and to equine athletes, often asking them to give more than they have stand him alongside fellow US Triple Crown winner American to offer, only to show affection once they pass the finish line. I Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) in the Hunter Valley is a huge show believe that, like in many other equine disciplines, jockeys of faith in the strength of the Australian industry by the Magnier should be allowed to carry a whip, but with restrictions. I believe family. that the whip should never be allowed to come above their He continued, "There have been two US Triple Crown winners waist, except when switching hands, and should be used as a in the last 40 years and 13 in history. They will both stand tool of guidance--not excessive encouragement. I know this is alongside our very own Australian Triple Crown winning only one of the major issues our sport currently faces, but it is 2-year-old Pierro (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}, who has already proven my belief that it will be one of the most effective ways to himself as one of the best sires in the country. It's probably the remind the public that we care and love these equine athletes. first time in history that three Triple Crown winners have stood And I believe it is what will be best for our sport moving at one stud in the same season anywhere in the world. It is forward. hugely exciting and we are very much looking forward to showing Justify to Australasian breeders in a couple of months' Sincerely, time." Mark Casse

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AVIE=S FLATTER TAKES HIS SHOW ON THE ROAD IN TRANSYLVANIA By Christie DeBernardis THE WHIP Ivan Dalos=s Avie=s Flatter (Flatter) is three-for-four at his home track of Woodbine and makes his first start south of the Canadian border Friday in Keeneland=s GIII Transylvania S. A debut winner sprinting on the Woodbine synthetic Aug. 12, the Josie Carroll pupil checked in a respectable fourth after breaking poorly when switched to turf and extended to a mile for the GI Summer S. Sept. 16. A dominant victor of the grassy Cup and Saucer S. there Oct. 7, the bay captured the Coronation Futurity S. going nine panels on the synthetic when last seen Nov. 18. Wesley Ward sends out a strong contender in Onthewaytonevrland (Ire) (No Nay Never). A second-out graduate on the Gulfstream lawn Dec. 12, the gelding missed by a neck in a Santa Anita turf sprint Feb. 10 and returned to winning ways with a decisive score in the Rushaway S. on the synthetic at Turfway Park Mar. 9. Mark Casse | Fasig-Tipton Henley=s Joy (Kitten=s Joy) opened his account with a pair of turf wins last year, including the Kentucky Downs Juvenile S., As a trainer for nearly 40 years and being foaled instead of and missed by just a nose in this venue=s GIII Bourbon S. born, I have seen many changes in our sport, both good and Victorious in the Pulpit S. on the turf at Gulfstream Dec. 8, the bad, but to the best of my memory, I have never seen the chestnut went down by a neck in the Kitten=s Joy S. on the TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 15 OF 15 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 5, 2019

Hallandale lawn Jan. 5 and was a non-factor 10th when trying MAKER=S MARK SECRETARIAT CENTER OPENS FIRST dirt in the GII Risen Star S. at Fair Grounds last time Feb. 16. SATELLITE FACILITY The Maker=s Mark Secretariat Center (MMSC) has opened its first satellite facility at The Ranch, LLC in Frankfort, IL. The MMSC is a nonprofit organization that focuses on reschooling off-track Thoroughbreds by building a foundation of skill sets through its Horse Centered Reschooling Program SM prior to adoption to facilitate and ease their transitions to a new career. APeople have been asking me for many years now about opening another facility,@ Susanna Thomas, Executive Director of the MMSC, said. AWhile I was always flattered by these requests REGISTRATION OPEN FOR THOROUGHBRED and appreciated the growing demand for reschooled OTTBs, I OWNER CONFERENCE knew that it would be a challenge to maintain in a new and Registration is now open for the sixth Thoroughbred Owner separate location the gold standard we had worked so hard to Conference, which will be held at Santa Anita Park from establish at the MMSC. Finding the right partners was key to this Monday, Oct. 28, through Wednesday, Oct. 30, OwnerView dream being realized at last.@ announced Thursday. The conference will once again coincide with the Breeders= Cup World Championships, which are scheduled to be held Nov. 1-2 at Santa Anita Park. The goal of the Thoroughbred Owner Conference is to educate, inform, and entertain new, prospective, and current FOALING NEWS sponsored by Thoroughbred owners through a series of panels and social events. At this year=s conference, panels will include discussions pertaining to racing syndicates, aftercare, racing horses at the claiming level, jockeys= preparations before races, and pedigrees. AThe third Thoroughbred Owner Conference was held at Santa Anita Park in 2016 and was met with rave reviews, so we are looking forward to bringing this popular event back to Arcadia,@ said Gary Falter, project manager for OwnerView. AWe appreciate the continued support of Breeders= Cup and The LUCKY NOTION, 13, Great Notion--Riot Luck, by Patriotically Stronach Group in our efforts to educate new, existing, and Foal born Feb. 11, a filly by Birdstone. prospective Thoroughbred owners.@ Will be bred back to Goldencents. Owned by Daniel W McConnell Sr. Boarded at Northview Stallion Station, PA. Accomplishments: Dam of Prince Lucky (Lookin At Lucky), MGSW, $475,970; and Saint Main Event (Redeemed), SP, $290,166.

HILLABY, 9, Distorted Humor--Sealy Hill, by Point Given Foal born Mar. 6, a filly by Tapit. Will be bred back to Into Mischief. Owned by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC. Boarded at Stonestreet Farm, KY. Accomplishments: Ch. Female Sprinter-Can, GSW, $282,265.

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2019 Leading Sires of 3yos Dirt for stallions standing in North America through Wednesday, Apr. 3 Earnings and Black-type represents worldwide figures & stud fees are for 2019 Rank Stallion BTW BTH GSW GSH G1SW G1SH Starters Wnrs Highest Earner Earnings 1 Point of Entry 2 2 1 1 -- -- 12 5 1,504,000 1,565,600 (2008) by Dynaformer Crops: 3 Stands: Adena Springs KY Fee: $20,000 Plus Que Parfait 2 Tapit 2 6 1 4 -- -- 36 11 210,000 1,140,160 (2001) by Pulpit Crops: 12 Stands: Gainesway Farm KY Fee: $225,000 Tacitus 3 Goldencents 2 2 1 1 -- -- 47 15 630,310 1,119,506 (2010) by Into Mischief Crops: 2 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $20,000 By My Standards 4 Into Mischief -- 4 -- 3 -- -- 62 15 129,820 978,731 (2005) by Harlan's Holiday Crops: 8 Stands: Spendthrift Farm KY Fee: $150,000 Market King 5 Graydar 1 2 -- 1 -- -- 30 6 527,140 905,459 (2009) by Unbridled's Song Crops: 3 Stands: Taylor Made Farm KY Fee: $7,500 Gray Magician 6 War Front 2 2 2 2 -- -- 3 2 494,000 886,825 (2002) by Danzig Crops: 10 Stands: Claiborne Farm KY Fee: $250,000 Omaha Beach 7 Candy Ride (Arg) 2 5 2 5 -- -- 32 9 150,000 836,506 (1999) by Ride the Rails Crops: 12 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $80,000 Game Winner 8 Curlin 3 4 1 1 -- -- 45 12 100,800 805,922 (2004) by Smart Strike Crops: 8 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $175,000 Lady Apple 9 Hard Spun -- 3 -- 2 -- -- 44 14 212,000 795,558 (2004) by Danzig Crops: 9 Stands: Darley KY Fee: $40,000 Spinoff 10 Super Saver 1 3 1 2 -- -- 38 9 301,000 670,815 (2007) by Maria's Mon Crops: 6 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $30,000 Super Steed 11 Violence 2 4 1 2 -- -- 44 13 110,000 650,985 (2010) by Medaglia d'Oro Crops: 3 Stands: Hill 'n' Dale Farms KY Fee: $40,000 Walking Thunder 12 Paynter 1 1 ------51 17 94,000 647,327 (2009) by Awesome Again Crops: 3 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $12,500 Needs Supervision 13 Quality Road 1 3 1 2 -- -- 28 8 240,000 641,336 (2006) by Elusive Quality Crops: 6 Stands: Lane's End Farm KY Fee: $150,000 Bellafina 14 Scat Daddy 1 2 1 2 -- -- 16 3 380,000 637,059 (2004) by Johannesburg Crops: 8 Stands: Ashford Stud USA (Dead/Ret/Exp) Divine Image 15 Bodemeister 2 5 -- 2 -- 1 38 10 199,150 628,120 (2009) by Empire Maker Crops: 4 Stands: WinStar Farm KY Fee: $25,000 Bodexpress

FOR ALL TDN SIRE LISTSBINCLUDING INDIVIDUAL CROP-YEAR REPORTS--VISIT WWW.THETDN.COM/TDN-SIRE-STATS/ Friday, Aqueduct, post time: 5:15 p.m. EDT DISTAFF H.-GIII, $150,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 Split Time Take Charge Indy Tic Stables Rice Maragh 8-1 2 Holiday Disguise K Harlan's Holiday Lady Sheila Stable Rice Lezcano 8-1 3 Rosyjersey Jersey Town Dormellito Stud Ouellette Martinez 30-1 4 Startwithsilver Jump Start Lady Sheila Stable and Iris Smith Stable Rice Cancel 6-1 5 Come Dancing Malibu Moon Blue Devil Racing Stable Martin Franco 3-1 6 Yorkiepoo Princess Kantharos Danny J. Chen Barker Davis 8-1 7 Kathryn the Wise Uncle Mo Lawrence Goichman Brown Ortiz, Jr. 5-2 8 Pacific Gale K Flat Out Tobey L. Morton Kimmel Bravo 15-1 9 Dawn the Destroyer Speightstown Stonestreet Stables LLC McLaughlin Alvarado 9-2

Breeders: 1-Sequel Stallions New York LLC, 2-Dr. William B. Wilmot &Dr. Joan M. Taylor, 3-Dormellito Stud, 4-Burning Sands Stable, LLC, 5-Blue Devil Racing Stable, LLC, 6-A. Francis Vanlangendonck &Barbara Vanlangendonck, 7-Lawrence Goichman, 8-Bally Breeders, 9-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC

Friday, Keeneland, post time: 5:30 p.m. EDT KENTUCKY UTILITIES TRANSYLVANIA S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, 1 1/16mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY ML 1 The Black Album (Fr) Wootton Bassett (GB) Team Valor International and Barber, Gary Brisset Ortiz 10-1 2 Onthewaytonevrland (Ire) No Nay Never Ice Wine Stable Ward Velazquez 7-2 3 Go Away K Scat Daddy Andrew Farm, Lakin, Lewis G. and Singer, Jose Kenneally Lynch 30-1 4 Avie's Flatter Flatter Ivan Dalos Carroll Castellano 7-2 5 Weekly Call K Will Take Charge ERJ Racing, LLC and Keh, Steven O'Neill Hernandez, Jr. 20-1 6 Dunph Temple City Three Diamonds Farm Maker Leparoux 12-1 7 Louder Than Bombs K Violence Sandra New Fawkes Saez 8-1 8 War Film K Declaration of War L and N Racing LLC Asmussen Geroux 10-1 9 Hawaiian Noises Super Saver Wesley A. Ward Ward Bejarano 12-1 10 Henley's Joy Kitten's Joy Bloom Racing Stable LLC Maker Gaffalione 3-1 11 Life Mission K Noble Mission (GB) Detampel, Marc and Galvin, Fergus Colebrook Graham 10-1

Breeders: 1-Mr. Didier Bouquil, 2-Ice Wine Stable, 3-Lynch Bages LTD, 4-Tall Oaks Farm, 5-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC, 6-Equus Farm, 7-Hidden Brook Farm & Spruce Lane Farm, 8-Courtlandt Farm, 9-Wesley Ward, 10-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 11-Trace Wood Farm

Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 6:30 p.m. EDT SANTA ANITA DERBY-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Roadster K Quality Road Speedway Stable LLC Baffert Smith 124 2 More Ice More Than Ready Hollendorfer, LLC, Kenwood Racing, Inc. and Hollendorfer Franco 124 Robertson, Richard 3 Nolo Contesto K Pioneerof the Nile Hronis Racing LLC Sadler Talamo 124 4 Synthesis K First Samurai Decker Racing, Kretz Racing LLC and Selby, Jay Papaprodromou Bejarano 124 5 Instagrand Into Mischief OXO Equine LLC Hollendorfer Prat 124 6 Game Winner K Candy Ride (Arg) West, Gary and Mary Baffert Rosario 124

Breeders: 1-Stone Farm, 2-Hardacre Farm LLC, 3-Ramona S. Bass, LLC., 4-Catherine Zoc, 5-Stoneway Farm, 6-Summer Wind Equine Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 7:30 p.m. EDT SANTA ANITA H. PRESENTED BY SAN MANUEL INDIAN BINGO AND CASINO-GI, $600,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/4m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 McKinzie K Street Sense Watson, Karl, Pegram, Michael E. and Weitman, Paul Baffert Smith 123 2 Mongolian Groom Hightail Mongolian Stable Ganbat Franco 114 3 Prime Attraction K Unbridled's Song D P Racing LLC Cassidy Desormeaux 116 4 Gift Box Twirling Candy Hronis Racing LLC Sadler Rosario 122 5 Prince of Arabia K Mineshaft D P Racing LLC Cassidy Talamo 114 6 Campaign K Curlin Woodford Racing, LLC Sadler Bejarano 115

Breeders: 1-Summer Wind Farm, 2-Calumet Farm, 3-Payson Stud, Inc., 4-Machmer Hall, Carrie Brogden &Craig Brogden, 5-Eileen H. Hartis, 6-Alexander-Groves Thoroughbreds

Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 5:45 p.m. EDT CENTRAL BANK ASHLAND S.-GI, $500,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Bizwhacks K Fed Biz Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 121 2 Chocolate Kisses Candy Ride (Arg) Debby M. Oxley Casse Gaffalione 121 3 Lady Kate K Bernardini Anderson Stables, LLC Kenneally Lanerie 121 4 Jaywalk K Cross Traffic D. J. Stable LLC and Cash is King LLC Servis Castellano 121 5 Feedback K Violence Klaravich Stables, Inc. Brown Ortiz, Jr. 121 6 Restless Rider K Distorted Humor Fern Circle Stables and Three Chimneys Farm, LLC McPeek Hernandez, Jr. 121 7 Bell's the One Majesticperfection Lothenbach Stables, Inc. Pessin Geroux 121 8 Out for a Spin K Hard Spun Commonwealth Stable Stewart Lopez 121

Breeders: 1-T. F. VanMeter & Ken A. Meng, 2-Pin Oak Stud, LLC, 3-Eileen H. Hartis & Godolphin, 4-Gainesway Thoroughbreds LTD, 5-Wolverton Mountain Farm LLC &Cameron Wheeler, 6-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, 7-Bret Jones, 8-William M. Backer Revocable Trust

Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 5:22 p.m. EDT CARTER H.-GI, $400,000, 4yo/up, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Sir Ballantine K Stay Thirsty Peter J. Callahan Gargan Luzzi 115 2 Vino Rosso K Curlin Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable Pletcher Velazquez 120 3 Life in Shambles K Broken Vow M and A Racing LTD Servis Cancel 117 4 Identity Politics K Into Mischief Klaravich Stables, Inc. Brown Ortiz 116 5 Skyler's Scramjet Creative Cause SJB Stable and Micozzi, Marcello Nevin Maragh 117 6 Timber Ghost Ghostzapper Stronach Stables Jerkens Alvarado 115 7 Honor Up To Honor and Serve Saratoga Seven Racing Partners, LLC Nevin Lezcano 116 8 World of Trouble Kantharos Dubb, Michael, Madaket Stables LLC Servis Franco 121 and Bethlehem Stables LLC

Breeders: 1-Turner Breeders LLC, 2-John D. Gunther, 3-C. Clement & Don M. Robinson, 4-Siena Farms LLC, 5-Tommy G. Ligon, 6-Adena Springs, 7-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd., 8-Darsan Inc.

Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 4:00 p.m. EDT SANTA ANITA OAKS-GI, $400,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Flor de La Mar Tiznow Godolphin, LLC Baffert Rosario 121 2 Chasing Yesterday Tapit Summer Wind Equine Baffert Smith 124 3 Stirred K Shakin It Up Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners McCarthy Van Dyke 121 4 Slewgoodtobetrue Jimmy Creed Alesia, Sharon, Ciaglia Racing, LLC, ERJ Racing, LLC Eurton Franco 121 and Burns Racing, LLC 5 Bellafina K Quality Road Kaleem Shah, Inc. Callaghan Prat 124

Breeders: 1-Don Alberto Corporation, 2-Summer Wind Equine, 3-Darrell Curry, 4-Jim Brinkley, 5-JSM Equine, LLC. Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 5:10 p.m. EDT MADISON S.-GI, $300,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Sultry K Malibu Moon Joseph W. Sutton Kenneally Lanerie 118 2 Create a Star Creative Cause C. R. Trout Trout Court 118 3 Divine Queen Divine Park Bradley, William B. and Hurst, Carl Bradley Saez 118 4 Amy's Challenge Artie Schiller Novogratz Racing Stables Inc. Robertson Canchari 118 5 Spiced Perfection Smiling Tiger Pantofel Stable, Wachtel Stable and Deutsch, Peter Miller Castellano 123 6 Late Night Pow Wow Fiber Sonde Breeze Easy, LLC Contreras Saez 118 7 Cathedral Reader K Shackleford G M B Racing Stewart Hernandez, Jr. 118 8 America's Tale K Gio Ponti Naveed Chowhan Flint Lopez 120 9 Shamrock Rose First Dude Conrad Farms Casse Ortiz, Jr. 123

Breeders: 1-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC, 2-C. R. Trout, 3-Carl Hurst & William Bradley, 4-Sierra Farm, 5-Premier Thoroughbreds LLC, 6-John Mckee, 7-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 8-Madeline Auerbach & Catherine Parke, 9-Best A Luck Farm LLC

Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 6:23 p.m. EDT TOYOTA BLUE GRASS S.-GII, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Somelikeithotbrown Big Brown Skychai Racing LLC and Sand Dollar Stable LLC Maker Gaffalione 123 2 Vekoma K Candy Ride (Arg) R. A. Hill Stable and Gatsas Stables Weaver Castellano 123 3 Signalman General Quarters Lewis, Tommie M., Crabtree, Steve, Demaree, Dean, McPeek Hernandez, Jr. 123 Bernsen, David, Chambers, Jim and Magdalena Racing 4 Market King K Into Mischief Baker, Robert C. and Mack, William L. Lukas Court 123 5 Chess Chief Into Mischief Estate of James Coleman, Jr. Stewart Lopez 123 6 Dream Maker Tapit John C. Oxley Casse Geroux 123 7 Admire K Cairo Prince Albaugh Family Stables LLC Romans Albarado 123 8 Win Win Win Hat Trick (Jpn) Live Oak Plantation Trombetta Ortiz, Jr. 123 9 Sir Winston K Awesome Again Tracy Farmer Casse Leparoux 123 10 Lucky Lee Flatter Cash is King LLC Servis Landeros 123 11 So Alive K Super Saver Robert V. LaPenta Pletcher Saez 123 12 Parsimony K Dominus Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Gutierrez 123 13 Moonster K Malibu Moon Calumet Farm Romans McKee 123 14 Aquadini K Bernardini Andrew Farm and On Our Own Stable, LLC Stewart Lanerie 123

Breeders: 1-Hot Pink Stables & Sand Dollar Stables, 2-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC, 3-Monticule, 4-Flaxman Holdings Limited, 5-Morgan's Ford Farm, 6-John C. Oxley, 7-Brereton C. Jones, 8-Live Oak Stud, 9-Tracy Farmer, 10-Shim Racing, LLC, 11-John D. Gunther, 12-Maria Montez Haire, 13-Mark Stansell, 14-Hargus Sexton & Sandra Sexton

Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 6:00 p.m. EDT WOOD MEMORIAL S. PRESENTED BY NYRA BETS-GII, $750,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Tax Arch R. A. Hill Stable, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Gargan Alvarado 123 Lynch, Hugh and Corms Racing Stable 2 Tacitus Tapit Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Mott Ortiz 123 3 Hoffa's Union K Union Rags Barber, Gary, Wachtel Stable, Dunn, Christopher T., Casse Davis 123 Loso, Harry J. and Wilgis, Foard J. 4 Haikal Daaher Shadwell Stable McLaughlin Maragh 123 5 Final Jeopardy K Street Sense West, Gary and Mary Servis Franco 123 6 Overdeliver K Overanalyze Repole Stable Pletcher Carmouche 123 7 Not That Brady Big Brown Imperio, Michael, Lianna Stables, Inc., Rodriguez Gutierrez 123 R. A. Hill Stable and Rodriguez, Rudy R. 8 Grumps Little Tots K Sky Mesa Dubb, Michael, Coyle Boys Stable and Servis Lezcano 123 Bethlehem Stables LLC Wood Memorial S. cont. 9 Math Wizard Algorithms Fanelli, John, Collarmele Vitelli Stables LLC, Joseph, Jr. Cancel 123 Bassett Stables, Zoumas, Ioannis, Wynwood Thoroughbreds and Joseph, Jr., Saffie A. 10 Outshine K Malibu Moon Let's Go Stable, Schibell, Richard D. and Pletcher Velazquez 123 Madaket Stables LLC 11 Joevia K Shanghai Bobby Fazio, Michael and Fazio, Jeff Sacco Juarez 123

Breeders: 1-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider, 2-Juddmonte Farms Inc., 3-Fredrick Allor, 4-Shadwell Farm, LLC, 5-Bloodstock Investment III, 6-Pegasus Stud, LLC, 7-KatieRich Farms, 8-Clearsky Farms, 9-Lucky Seven Stable, 10-T. F. VanMeter & Ricky Stivers, 11-Ikhana Farm

Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 4:47 p.m. EDT GAZELLE S.-GII, $300,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Afleet Destiny Hard Spun Uriah St. Lewis St. Lewis Salgado 118 2 Espresso Shot K Mission Impazible NY Final Furlong Racing Stable, Maspeth Stables Abreu Cancel 120 and Parkland Thoroughbreds 3 Off Topic K Street Sense Paul P. Pompa, Jr. Pletcher Velazquez 118 4 Positive Spirit Pioneerof the Nile Michael J. Ryan Brisset Ortiz 122 5 Always Shopping Awesome Again Repole Stable Pletcher Franco 120 6 Proud Emma K Include Gem, Inc., Kagele, Tom and Tartaglione, Steven Miller Alvarado 118

Breeders: 1-Wynnstay LLC & H. Allen Poindexter, 2-Twin Creeks Farm, 3-WinStar Farm, LLC, 4-Santa Rosa Partners, 5-Repole Stable, Inc., 6-Brereton C. Jones

Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 4:35 p.m. EDT SHAKERTOWN S.-GII, $200,000, 3yo/up, 5 1/2fT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Jazzy Times K Discreetly Mine Wesley E. Hawley Hawley Mena 121 2 Richard's Boy Idiot Proof Rockingham Ranch Miller Albarado 121 3 Disco Partner Disco Rico Patricia A. Generazio Clement Ortiz, Jr. 123 4 Shakhimat K Lonhro (Aus) Gale, Dan, Attfield, Roger L. and Werner, William K. Attfield Leparoux 121 5 Bay Muzik Maclean's Music Herbertson, Scott and Pewther, Sean Herbertson Lanerie 121 6 Will Call Country Day Klein Racing and Madaket Stables LLC Cox Castellano 121 7 Square Shooter K Trappe Shot Gold Square LLC Englehart Vargas, Jr. 121 8 Conquest Tsunami K Stormy Atlantic Gary Barber Miller Geroux 123 9 Bound for Nowhere K The Factor Wesley A. Ward Ward Saez 121 10 Latent Revenge K Latent Heat Vanovich, Steve, Andriot, Steve, Cain, Brad & Herald, P.J. Foley Saez 121 11 Imprimis Broken Vow Breeze Easy, LLC Orseno Lopez 123 12 Chaos Theory K Curlin Detampel, Marc and Sunshine State Racing, LLC Walsh Gaffalione 123 13 Angaston Denman (Aus) Twin Magnolia Farm Wiggins Hernandez, Jr. 123

Breeders: 1-R Durham Racing LLC, 2-Harold Tillema & Pamela Tillema, 3-Patricia Generazio, 4-Adena Springs, 5-Barak Farm, 6-Richard Klein & Bert Klein, 7-Stone Farm & Joseph W. Sutton, 8-Josham Farms Limited & Yvonne SchwabeThoroughbreds, 9-Wayne Lyster, Gray Lyster & Bryan Lyster, 10-Westwind Farms, 11-Craig L. Wheeler, 12-Bluewater Sales & Mike Carpenter, 13-William N. Hogan Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 5:00 p.m. EDT ROYAL HEROINE S.-GII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Vasilika Skipshot All Schlaich Stables LLC, Hollendorfer, LLC, Hollendorfer Prat 124 Gatto Racing, LLC and Todaro, G. 2 Ms Bad Behavior K Blame Sayjay Racing LLC, Hall, Greg and Hubbard, Brooke Baltas Smith 120 3 Meal Ticket Malibu Moon Aulds, Chris, Jeong, Peter and Johnston, Keith Chew Van Dyke 120 4 Cordiality Papa Clem Donnie Crevier Yakteen Talamo 120 5 Raven's Lady (GB) Raven's Pass D P Racing LLC and Medallion Racing Cassidy Desormeaux 120 6 Space Talk (GB) High Chaparral (Ire) Next Wave Racing, Guy, Hubert & Robershaw, Ritchie Meah Bejarano 120 7 Smoovie Square Eddie Reddam Racing LLC O'Neill Garcia 120

Breeders: 1-Mikhail Yanakov, 2-Ron Clarkson, 3-Glen Hill Farm, 4-Dr. Edward C. Allred, 5-Rabbah Bloodstock Limited, 6-Mehmet Kurt, 7-Reddam Racing, LLC

Saturday, Keeneland, post time: 4:00 p.m. EDT COMMONWEALTH S.-GIII, $250,000, 4yo/up, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Copper Town Speightstown WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse Club International Ltd., Pletcher Castellano 118 SF Racing LLC, Head of Plains Partners LLC 2 Recruiting Ready K Algorithms Sagamore Farm LLC Hough Saez 120 3 Proforma Munnings DARRS, Inc. Stidham Bravo 120 4 Uncontested K Tiz Wonderful LaPenta, Robert V. and Rosenblum, Harry T. Patterson McCarthy 120 5 Still Having Fun Old Fashioned Barber, Gary, Wachtel Stable and Terp Racing LLC Keefe Geroux 118 6 Limousine Liberal Successful Appeal Katherine G. Ball Colebrook Gaffalione 120 7 Supreme Aura K Candy Ride (Arg) Stallionaire Enterprises LLC Stidham Beschizza 118 8 Uno Mas Modelo K Macho Uno Ron Paolucci Racing, LLC Quartarolo Lopez 118 9 New York Central K Tapit WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse Club International Ltd. Asmussen Leparoux 118 and SF Racing LLC 10 Runaway Ghost K Ghostzapper Joe Peacock Fincher Lanerie 118 11 Bobby's Wicked One K Speightstown Autumn Hill Farms Racing Stables, Inc. Stall, Jr. Mena 118 12 Richiesinthehouse Sidney's Candy Ravin, Richard and Patricia's Hope LLC Rivelli Valdivia, Jr. 118 13 Warrior's Club K Warrior's Reward Churchill Downs Racing Club Lukas Court 118 14 Majestic Dunhill K Majesticperfection R. A. Hill Stable Weaver Ortiz, Jr. 118

Breeders: 1-WinStar Farm, LLC, 2-Claiborne Farm, 3-Reggie Beeson & Tim Beeson, 4-Richard Forbush, 5-Mr. & Mrs. Charles McGinnes & Tim Keefe, 6-Mike Ball & Katherine Ball, 7-St George Farm, LLC, 8-Russell L. Reineman Stables Inc., 9-SF Bloodstock LLC, 10-Joe Peacock, 11-Ramona S. Bass, LLC., 12-Richard Ravin, 13-John O'Meara, 14-Hargus Sexton, Sandra Sexton & Silver Fern Farm, LLC

Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 3:38 p.m. EDT BAY SHORE S.-GIII, $250,000, 3yo, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Much Better K Pioneerof the Nile Three Chimneys Farm Baffert Espinoza 118 2 Mucho Blame Claiborne Farm and Dilschneider, Adele B. Mott Ortiz 118 3 Mind Control Stay Thirsty Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables, LLC Sacco Velazquez 123 4 Call Paul Friesan Fire Dubb, Michael, Simon, David, Bethlehem Stables LLC Servis Franco 123 and Irom, Bruce 5 Mount Travers Speightstown Alpha Delta Stables Rice Alvarado 118

Breeders: 1-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC, 2-Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider, 3-Red Oak Stable, 4-Beatrice Patterson & Vicky Schowe, 5-Alpha Delta Stables, LLC Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 7:00 p.m. EDT PROVIDENCIA S.-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Apache Princess Unusual Heat KMN Racing LLC Desormeaux Desormeaux 120 2 Lady Prancealot (Ire) Sir Prancealot (Ire) Jules & Michael Iavarone & Jerry McClanahan Baltas Rosario 120 3 Truffalino English Channel Calumet Farm Mandella Talamo 120 4 Lakerball Lakerville Pappas Horse Racing Corp., Purple Rein Racing O'Neill Bejarano 120 and Roberts, Tom R. 5 Ladymidtown Midshipman Phoenix Thoroughbred III and ERJ Racing, LLC O'Neill Garcia 120 6 Colonial Creed K Jimmy Creed Branham, Doug, Baltas, Richard & McClanahan, Jerry Baltas Franco 120 7 Maxim Rate K Exchange Rate Slam Dunk Racing Callaghan Prat 120 8 Hostess (GB) Iffraaj (GB) Mr J. Warren Stable Callaghan Van Dyke 120 9 Miss Flawless (Fr) Siyouni (Fr) Gary Barber Miller Pereira 120 10 Killarney Lass K Eskendereya Sargent Stables Lucarelli Maldonado 120

Breeders: 1-KMN Racing, 2-Tally-Ho Stud, 3-Calumet Farm, 4-Rancho de Los Aviadores, 5-Morgeson Self, LLC, 6-Doug Branham & Felicia Branham, 7-Fred W. Hertrich lll & John D. Fielding, 8-Highclere Stud, 9-Mr. Jean-Philippe Dubois, 10-Zayat Stables, LLC

Saturday, Aqueduct, post time: 4:11 p.m. EDT EXCELSIOR S.-GIII, $150,000, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Nicodemus Candy Ride (Arg) Everything's Cricket Racing and Goichman, Lawrence Rice Alvarado 118 2 Holiday Bonus K Harlan's Holiday Woodland Farms DiPrima Silvera 118 3 Monongahela K One King Dubb, Michael, Bethlehem Stables LLC & Aisquith, Gary Servis Lezcano 118 4 Hit It Once More Hard Spun Yellow Moon Stable Sciacca Hernandez 118 5 Tour de Force K Tiznow Repole Stable Rodriguez Carmouche 118 6 Discreet Lover Repent Uriah St. Lewis St. Lewis Franco 122 7 Shivermetimbers K Shanghai Bobby West Point Thoroughbreds and DeDomenico, Mark Asmussen Ortiz 118 8 Life's a Parlay K Uncle Mo Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable Pletcher Velazquez 122

Breeders: 1-WinStar Farm, LLC, 2-Caldara Farm Inc. & William R.Hilliard, Jr., 3-Gunpowder Farms LLC, 4-JMJ Racing Stables, LLC, 5-Kinsman Farm, 6-Woodford Thoroughbreds, 7-Tim Thornton, Robert Watt & Doug Glass, 8-Bell Tower Thoroughbreds Sunday, Keeneland, post time: 4:57 p.m. EDT APPALACHIAN S. PRESENTED BY JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION-GII, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1mT PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Clause Speightstown Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Brown Ortiz, Jr. 118 2 Winning Envelope K More Than Ready Lothenbach Stables, Inc. Block Marquez, Jr. 118 3 Catch a Thrill City Zip Tracy Farmer Casse Velazquez 118 4 The Mackem Bullet (Ire) Society Rock (Ire) Katsumi Yoshida Ward Gaffalione 118 5 Princesa Carolina Tapit Three Chimneys Farm McPeek Hernandez, Jr. 118 6 Angel Alessandra K Ghostzapper Altamira Racing Stable, David A Bernsen LLC and Rockingham Ranch Miller Geroux 118 7 Naughty Joker Into Mischief Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ward Castellano 118 8 Hard Legacy Hard Spun Marylou Whitney Stables LLC Casse Leparoux 118 9 Regal Glory Animal Kingdom Paul P. Pompa, Jr. Brown Ortiz 118 10 Beautiful Ballad K Maclean's Music John C. Oxley Casse Beschizza 118 11 Primela (Fr) Orpen Dixiana Farms LLC DeVaux Saez 118

Breeders: 1-Juddmonte Farms Inc, 2-Ramspring Farm, 3-Dr. Jerry Bilinski, 4-Tally-Ho Stud, 5-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC, 6-My Meadowview LLC, 7-Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey, 8-Marylou Whitney Stables LLC, 9-Paul P Pompa, 10-Cuevas-Montenegro Thoroughbreds LLC, 11-Haras D'Haspel

Sunday, Keeneland, post time: 4:24 p.m. EDT BEAUMONT S. PRESENTED BY KEENELAND SELECT-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, f, 7f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Shanghai Rain Shanghai Bobby Tom R. Durant Calhoun Saez 118 2 Mother Mother K Pioneerof the Nile Bolton, George, Hall, Barry, Lipman, Barry, Mathiesen, Mark and Molasky, Andrew Baffert Geroux 118 3 Queen of Beas Flatter Kingsport Farm Abreu Ortiz 118 4 Another Time K Munnings Hoolie Racing Stable, LLC Minshall Lopez 118 5 Fancy Dress Party K Munnings LNJ Foxwoods Colebrook Saez 118 6 Power Gal (Jpn) Empire Maker Gary Barber Casse Gaffalione 118 7 Iva Scat Daddy Bonne Chance Farm, LLC Ward Velazquez 118 8 Feedback K Violence Klaravich Stables, Inc. Brown Ortiz, Jr. 118

Breeders: 1-Tom Durant, 2-T. F. VanMeter, 3-James Arrison, 4-Machmer Hall, 5-Douglas S. Arnold, 6-Paca Paca Farm, 7-Bonne Chance Farm, LLC, 8-Wolverton Mountain Farm LLC &Cameron Wheeler

Sunday, Santa Anita, post time: 7:30 p.m. EDT LAS FLORES S.-GIII, $100,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 6f PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Amuse Medaglia d'Oro Claiborne Farm, Bass II, Perry R., Bass, Ramona S. and Dilschneider, Adele B. Mandella Van Dyke 120 2 Spectator Jimmy Creed Waller, Rick & Sharon and Little Red Feather Racing D'Amato Prat 120 3 Lady Suebee K First Defence Hronis Racing LLC Sadler Rosario 120 4 True Royalty Yes It's True Batchelor Family Trust Hofmans Gryder 122 5 Phantom Proton K Ghostzapper Stepaside Farm, LLC Drysdale Gutierrez 120 6 Danuska's My Girl Shackleford Bad Boy Racing LLC Hollendorfer Franco 120 7 Dream Tree K Uncle Mo Phoenix Thoroughbred III Baffert Smith 122 8 Emboldened Elusive Quality Godolphin, LLC Baffert Talamo 120 9 Show It N Moe It Grace Upon Grace London, Tom, Lovingier, Terry C. and Zondlo, Eugene Sherlock Bejarano 120 10 Moon Kitty Wildcat Heir Chris Curtis Carava Roman 120

Breeders: 1-Raydelz Stable, 2-Eric Waller & Sharon Waller, 3-Claiborne Farm, 4-SJT Racing Stable LLC, 5-Smart Angle, LLP, 6-Fernandez-Robles Family Trust &Flying H Stables, 7-Mike Freeny & Pat Freeny, 8-Godolphin, 9-Terry C. Lovingier, 10-Cheryl Janine McGuire & James P. McGuire

Friday, April 5, 2019

FRIDAY INSIGHTS: TAPIT RISING STAR (Tapit). The former, a $550,000 KEESEP buy, came from well back to graduate at first asking Sept. 29 at Belmont before FAVORED IN DEEP KEENELAND ALLOWANCE running a well-beaten fourth in the GIII Nashua S. Nov. 4. He Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency shows an upbeat Payson Park worktab for trainer Chad Brown, by Joe Bianca punctuated by a half-mile spin in :50 flat (2/33). The latter, narrowly the second-highest lot when hammering for $2.6 million at KEESEP, broke his maiden impressively Dec. 22 at Fair Grounds and was most recently 12th after setting a fast pace in the GII Risen Star S. there Feb. 16. TJCIS PPs

PALISADES TURF SPRINT S., $100,000, Keeneland, 4-4, 3yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:02.92, fm. Intrepid Heart | Coady 1--BULLETIN, 123, c, 3, by City Zip 8th-KEE, $81K, Alw/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 3yo, 1 1/16m, 4:57 ET 1st Dam: Sue's Good News (GSW, $218,078), by Robert and Lawana Low’s INTREPID HEART (Tapit) was highly Woodman regarded heading into his debut Feb. 18 at Oaklawn and did not 2nd Dam: Montera, by Easy Goer disappoint, surviving a speed duel and still drawing away 3rd Dam: Mochila, by In Reality powerfully in the stretch to a 7 3/4-length romp (video). That ($250,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse was plenty good enough for a ‘TDN Rising Star’ designation and Club & SF Racing LLC; B-CresRan LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher; the handsome gray returns as the likely favorite in a two-turn J-Javier Castellano. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, allowance/optional claimer Friday at Keeneland. Picked up for $655,570. *1/2 to Tiz Miz Sue (Tiznow), GISE, $1,129,709. $750,000 at OBS April, the Todd Pletcher trainee is a half to Congratulations to all the connections from Paramount Sales MGSW/GISP freshman sire Commissioner (A.P. Indy) and 2--Real News, 118, c, 3, The Factor--Missy's Advantage, by GSW/GISP Laugh Track (Distorted Humor) out of MSW Flaming Tactical Advantage. ($85,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-Town and Heart (Touch Gold). He shows three interim breezes at Palm Country Racing, LLC & Gary Broad; B-Georgia Farms Inc (KY); Beach Downs, capped by a five-furlong move in 1:01 1/5 (3/6) T-Albert M. Stall, Jr. $20,000. Mar. 29.

The competition is stiff, however, headed by Town and 3--Abyssinian, 113, f, 3, Cairo Prince--Shesakitty, by Tapit. Country Racing and Spendthrift Farm’s Get the Prize (Candy ($70,000 Ylg '17 KEESEP). O-Hat Creek Racing; B-Dede Ride {Arg}). Sold for $410,000 at OBS March, the bay scored a McGehee (KY); T-Wesley A. Ward. $10,000. wire-to-wire victory going six furlongs on debut Feb. 16 at Fair Margins: 1HF, 2 1/4, NK. Odds: 1.00, 6.70, 3.30. Grounds, earning a field-high last-out Beyer of 87. Trained by Al Also Ran: Vivid Verse, Uncapped, Tobacco Road, Yes I Am Free, Stall, Jr., he’s out of a half-sister to GSW Nothing But Fun (Dixie Vogt, Mick's Star, Dom Carlos (Ire), Strike Silver, Joyful Heart. Union), with champion Ajina (Strawberry Road {Aus}), MG1SW Scratched: Front Office, Gladiator King, Hawaiian Noises, Bahri (Riverman) and MGISW and supersire Quality Road Chelsea Cloisters. (Elusive Quality) further back in the female family. Bulletin, winner of the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Two other high-priced purchases look to get back on track as Sprint, scored in another new stake Thursday at Keeneland well in Joseph Allen and Peter Brant’s U S Navy Cross (Curlin) when going wire to wire in the Palisades Turf Sprint S. and Whisper Hill Farm and Three Chimneys Farm’s Gun It Dominating the Hollywood Beach S. on debut last September at TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 2 OF 6 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 5, 2019

Gulfstream, the chestnut was not for catching on the yielding Churchill grass and was respected as the even-money favorite here in his seasonal debut. Away sharply under Javier Castellano, the $250,000 Keeneland September buy took up his customary spot at the head of affairs and showed the way through a :22.10 quarter. Kept after by Castellano on the turn, he showed an impressive turn of foot to blow the race open by IN ORDER OF PURSE: the eighth pole. Real News put in a valiant late close, the only 5th-Keeneland, $81,499, Alw, 4-4, (NW2$X), 4yo/up, 1mT, runner to make up significant ground, but Bulletin hit the wire 1:36.54, fm. comfortably clear of that rival. ADMISSION OFFICE (c, 4, Point of Entry--Miss Chapin, by Royal “He’s a special horse,” Castellano said. “You don’t see too Academy) scored a 13-1 upset on debut last May at Belmont many horses like that. He’s got so much talent. I just enjoyed the and was second in an optional claimer there July 5 before ride ... You have to encourage him a little bit because he’s the annexing a similar spot Aug. 19 at Saratoga. Last seen running kind of horse who looks around a little bit. But this time he put it second in the Bald Eagle Derby Sept. 29 at Laurel, the homebred together. I like the way he did it today.” was transferred from Chad Brown’s barn and resurfaced as a WinStar Farm’s Elliott Walden added that a start at Royal Ascot 21-2 proposition after drawing in off the also-eligible list here. may be in the cards for Bulletin, saying, “That’s kind of what Sixth while three wide behind splits of :24.18 and :48.66, the we’re looking at. We’ll huddle up with Todd [Pletcher], let him bay advanced into contention four deep five sixteenths from do his job. He did a great job getting [Bulletin] ready for today. home. Drifting out sharply nearing the sixteenth pole, he The horse was three [lengths] in front at the eighth pole, and I corrected quickly and surged late to tag odds-on Instilled Regard knew he wasn’t going to get beat then. He’s a very talented (Arch) on the wire by a neck. The victor is a half to Coffee Clique horse. We’d be honored to go to Royal Ascot.” (Medaglia d’Oro), GISW, $1,063,988; Royal Fury (Langfuhr), The victor’s graded stakes-winning dam, a half to MSW/MGSP MGSP, $313,377; and Schoolofhardrocks (Rock Hard Ten), SP, Easyfromthegitgo (Dehere), has a juvenile Uncle Mo colt named $225,054. Miss Chapin is responsible for an unraced 3-year-old Newscaster and was bred to Violence last spring. Click for the Kitten’s Joy filly named Joy of Learning, a juvenile filly by Animal Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Kingdom named Zoology and a yearling full-brother to the winner. Lifetime Record: SP, 5-3-2-0, $188,050. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Amerman Racing LLC; B-Jerry Amerman (KY); T-Brian A. Lynch.

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6th-Keeneland, $80,943, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($75,000), 4-4, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:46.18, ft. ULELE (f, 3, Candy Ride {Arg}--Princess Arabella {SW, $188,400}, by Any Given Saturday) graduated at third asking Jan. 27 at Oaklawn and chased subsequent GIII Honeybee S. runner-up Motion Emotion (Take Charge Indy) before finishing third there Feb. 17. Pounded late to 13-10 favoritism in this IN ORDER OF PURSE: spot, the $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga buy was sent from her 1st-Keeneland, $58,650, Msw, 4-4, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f, :51.59, ft. rail draw to dictate terms through fractions of :23.62 and :47.83. MEAN SOPHIA (f, 2, Smarty Jones--Quite Dramatic, by Unusual Inching clear on the far turn, she never faced a serious threat in Heat) flashed speed with a half-mile bullet from the gate in :48 the lane and held High Regard (Will Take Charge) at bay by 1 3/4 2/5 (1/21) at The Thoroughbred Center Mar. 22, and was let go lengths. The victress has a juvenile Uncle Mo half-brother at 13-1 in this meet opener. Hustled hard to make the lead, the named Mohawk and her dam produced a colt by Union Rags bay was pressed along in the early stages before shaking loose named Grand Design last term before visiting Into Mischief. through a :22.42 quarter. Widening nearing the stretch, she Sales History: $300,000 Ylg '17 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: cornered smoothly and drew further away with every stride 5-2-1-2, $124,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, from there, romping home 10 1/2 lengths to the good. Talk You sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Out of It (Overanalyze) won a photo for second. The winner’s O-Cheyenne Stables LLC; B-Summer Wind Equine LLC (KY); dam, a full-sister to MSW/GISP Bel Air Sizzle, foaled a colt by T-Brad H. Cox. Raison d’Etat last season before being bred to Keen Ice. Sales Broken and Trained by Randy Bradshaw History: $3,700 Wlg '17 KEENOV. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $36,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Savannah Goebel; B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Cirilo Gorostieta. 6th-Santa Anita, $60,105, Alw (NW1$X)/Opt. Clm ($80,000), Weanling Purchase by Mauk Equine 4-4, 3yo, 1mT, 1:35.68, fm. RIJEKA (IRE) (g, 3, Roderic O'Connor {Ire}--Pelican Waters {Ire}, by Key of Luck), fifth in a Leopardstown allowance last August, graduated in her Stateside debut Aug. 12 and was ninth in the Del Mar Juvenile Turf S. before running third in the Zuma Beach S. here Oct. 8, second in the GIII Cecil B. DeMille S. Nov. 25 at Del Mar and second in the course-and-distance Eddie Logan S. Dec. 28. Last seen finishing fourth at odds-on in a local allowance Feb. 1, the chestnut returned as a new gelding with blinkers removed in this spot and was made the 31-10 second choice. Off a step slowly, he traveled second-last behind a :24.06 quarter, tugged all the way up to the leader’s flank entering the far turn and took over in deep stretch before just holding off Shining Through (Malibu Moon) by a nose. Sales History: €2,500 RNA Wlg '16 GOFNOV; €8,500 Ylg '17 TIRSEP. Lifetime Record: GSP, 8-2-2-1, $121,773. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Slam Dunk Racing & Michael Nentwig; B-Ms A. Sammon (IRE); Mean Sophia | Coady T-Richard Baltas. TDN NORTH AMERICAN • PAGE 4 OF 6 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • APRIL 5, 2019

4th-Santa Anita, $55,351, Msw, 4-4, 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:35.23, fm. miler Mikki Isle (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and is due to Deep LOMU (g, 4, Denman {Aus}--Miss Chestervalley, by Chester Impact this year. B-Shadai Farm House) ran on late to be third debuting on the local downhill course Feb. 28 and was made the 17-10 second choice to go two Sunday, April 7, 2018 better stretching out here. Showing the way through a :23.25 2nd-NKY, ¥9,550,000 ($86k), Maiden, 1800m quarter and :46.75 half, the dark bay was confronted by favored DOVER TESORO (c, 3, Union Rags--Miss Emilia, by War Front) Keystone Field (Candy Ride {Arg}) midway around the far turn, is the first produce for his dam, a half-sister to MSW & GSP War but dug deep through the stretch to repel that rival by a half- Officer (Grand Slam), SW Doo Lang (Pulpit) and MGSP Danceland length. Sales History: $14,000 RNA Ylg '16 FTKOCT. Lifetime (Tapit). The colt’s GSW third dam Wandering Star (Red Ransom) Record: 2-1-0-1, $39,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or was responsible for G1SW War Command (War Front) and GSW VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. Naval Officer (Tale of the Cat). A $135K Keeneland November O-John Duic & Lloyd MacKinnon; B-Gaulstown Stud, LLC & weanling, Dover Tesoro hammered for 210K gns (about $288K) Richard Hoffberger (KY); T-Neil D. Drysdale. as a Tattersalls October yearling. B-Chadds Ford Stable LLC (KY)

5th-HSN, ¥13,720,000 ($123k), Allowance, 3yo, 1400m LA LA CHRYSAOR (c, 3, Speightstown--Lindy, by War Front), a $325K KEESEP purchase, suggested that he could be his sire’s next Japanese superstar when stretching clear to graduate by 10 1/2 lengths as a short-priced favorite at first asking at Kyoto Jan. 12 (video, gate 5). His stakes-placed dam RNAd for $320K In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at with the colt in utero at KEENOV in 2015. Speightstown’s US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming Japanese-based US-bred Matera Sky was a pace-pressing second weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, to X Y Jet (Kantharos) in last weekend’s G1 Dubai Golden with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Shaheen. B-Ranjan Racing Inc (KY) Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Fukushina, Hanshin and Nakayama Racecourses, including a pair of US-conceived horses out of mares that sold for seven-figure pricetags at Fasig-Tipton in 2015:

Saturday, April 6, 2019 2nd-FKS, ¥9,550,000 ($86k), Maiden, 3yo, 1150m L’OR RAFFINE (JPN) (f, 3, Medaglia d’Oro--Reneesgotzip, by City Zip) is the first produce for her dam, a two-time graded winner and multiple Grade I-placed on the dirt and runner-up in FIRST-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: FRIDAY, APRIL 5 the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint. Racing in the colors of Teruya Hampton Court (Aus) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}), Spendthrift Farm Yoshida, L’Or Raffine was offered in utero at the 2015 Fasig- 34 foals of racing age/1 winner/0 black-type winners Tipton November Sale, where Reneesgotzip was hammered 2-Keeneland, Msw 4 1/2f, KOLTEN'S COURT, 15-1 down for an even $1 million. Her subsequent produce include a $2,200 KEE SEP yrl 2-year-old Deep Impact (Jpn) filly and a yearling filly by King Kamehameha (Jpn). B-Shadai Farm Summer Front (War Front), Airdrie Stud, $10,000 97 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 5th-HSN, ¥13,720,000 ($123k), Allowance, 3yo, 1800m 2-Keeneland, Msw 4 1/2f, CITY FRONT, 12-1 SPACECRAFT (JPN) (c, 3, Tapit--Starship Truffles, by $5,500 FTK OCT yrl Ghostzapper) was also offered in utero at FTKNOV in 2015 and was also scooped up by Shadai for $1.5 million. The gray is the SECOND-CROP STARTERS TO WATCH: FRIDAY, APRIL 5 first Japanese-bred foal for his dam, victorious in the GI Princess Alpha (Bernardini), Darley/Sequel, $5,000 Rooney H., and made a successful racetrack debut, landing a 95 foals of racing age/5 winners/0 black-type winners 1900m dirt maiden at Chukyo Mar. 10 (video, gate 8). Starship 9-Aqueduct, Msw 1mT, ALPHADORA, 5-2 Truffles is the dam of a yearling filly by dual Group 1-winning $20,000 RNA OBS OCT yrl

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Boisterous (Distorted Humor), Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, $5,000 Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno), Adena Springs, $10,000 86 foals of racing age/10 winners/1 black-type winner 122 foals of racing age/15 winners/2 black-type winners 3-Golden Gate Fields, Msw 1 1/16m, NO PARKING HERE, 8-5 5-Santa Anita, Msw 1 1/8mT, MERCY MERCY, 8-1 $19,000 KEE JAN wnl; $60,000 FTK JUL yrl; $95,000 RNA OBS Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile), Airdrie Stud, $25,000 MAR yrl; $150,000 EAS MAY 2yo 228 foals of racing age/30 winners/4 black-type winners 5-Santa Anita, Msw 1 1/8mT, PAIGE RUNNER, 15-1 2-Aqueduct, Msw 6f, MRS STINKMAN, 3-1 $50,000 RNA FTK JUL yrl $55,000 KEE SEP yrl; $110,000 OBS APR yrl Noble Mission (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Lane's End Farm, $15,000 Central Banker (Speightstown), McMahon of Saratoga 151 foals of racing age/18 winners/1 black-type winner Thoroughbreds, $7,500 8-Keeneland, Aoc 1 1/16m, CONATIVE, 30-1 135 foals of racing age/18 winners/2 black-type winners $70,000 RNA KEE NOV wnl; $40,000 KEE SEP yrl 9-Aqueduct, Msw 1mT, STERLING BEAUTY, 15-1 9-Keeneland, $150K GIII Kentucky Utilities Transylvania S., $7,500 FTN MIX yrl 1 1/16mT, LIFE MISSION, 10-1 $90,000 KEE SEP yrl; €70,000 RNA ARQ MAY 2yo Daddy Nose Best (Scat Daddy), BG Thoroughbred Farm, $3,000 42 foals of racing age/2 winners/0 black-type winners No Nay Never (Scat Daddy), Coolmore Stud, $100,000 3-Santa Anita, Msw 6 1/2f, DADDYS REAL DIVA, 20-1 221 foals of racing age/35 winners/7 black-type winners 9-Keeneland, $150K GIII Kentucky Utilities Transylvania S., Fed Biz (Giant's Causeway), WinStar Farm, $10,000 1 1/16mT, ONTHEWAYTONEVRLAND (Ire), 7-2 187 foals of racing age/22 winners/1 black-type winner 6-Keeneland, Msw 7f, BLIP SAYS BYE, 8-1 Northern Causeway (Giant's Causeway), Rancho San Miguel, $2,500 7-Santa Anita, Aoc 6f, BUMP BAILEY, 6-5 54 foals of racing age/4 winners/0 black-type winners $90,000 KEE NOV wnl; $175,000 KEE SEP yrl; $190,000 BAR APR yrl 3-Golden Gate Fields, Msw 1 1/16m, BADGER, 15-1

Gervinho (Unusual Heat), Legacy Ranch, $2,000 Typhoon Slew (Stormy Atlantic), Rancho San Miguel, $1,000 30 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 4 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners 3-Santa Anita, Msw 6 1/2f, SPANISH CHANNEL, 15-1 3-Golden Gate Fields, Msw 1 1/16m, WILT, 15-1 $1,200 BAR OCT yrl Verrazano (More Than Ready), Ashford Stud, $15,000 Handsome Mike (Scat Daddy), Pleasant Acres Stallions, $4,000 268 foals of racing age/27 winners/2 black-type winners 95 foals of racing age/12 winners/0 black-type winners 6-Keeneland, Msw 7f, BELLAZANO, 10-1 8-Gulfstream, Alw 6f, RUNNING FOR RIZ, 6-1 $140,000 KEE SEP yrl

He's Had Enough (Tapit), Woodford Thoroughbreds, $2,500 Will Take Charge (Unbridled's Song), Three Chimneys Farm, $30,000 139 foals of racing age/15 winners/0 black-type winners 207 foals of racing age/18 winners/1 black-type winner 8-Gulfstream, Alw 6f, LIAM LETS GO, 10-1 9-Keeneland, $150K GIII Kentucky Utilities Transylvania S., $70,000 FTK OCT yrl 1 1/16mT, WEEKLY CALL, 20-1 $350,000 KEE NOV wnl Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron), Spendthrift Farm, $3,500 135 foals of racing age/19 winners/0 black-type winners 2-Keeneland, Msw 4 1/2f, AT THE BEACH, 20-1 $14,000 RNA FTK OCT yrl

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ALLOWANCE RESULTS: CANDY RIDE (ARG), Ulele, f, 3, o/o Princess Arabella, by Any 8th-Oaklawn, $91,000, 4-4, (NW2L), 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10.98, sy. Given Saturday. AOC, 4-4, Keeneland KING OF THE COURT (c, 4, Speightstown--Divine Escapade, by CITY ZIP, Bulletin, c, 3, o/o Sue's Good News, by Woodman. A.P. Indy) Lifetime Record: 11-2-2-1, $96,121. O-Keene Palisades Turf Sprint S., 4-4, Keeneland Thoroughbreds LLC; B-W. Bruce Lunsford & Hill 'n' Dale Farm DENMAN (AUS), Lomu, g, 4, o/o Miss Chestervalley, by Chester (KY); T-Allen Milligan. House. MSW, 4-4, Santa Anita DOUBLE IRISH, Dutch Treat, f, 4, o/o Final Bel, by Idabel. ALW, Hill ‘n’ Dale Co-Bred 4-4, Oaklawn FREEDOM CHILD, Parisian Diva, f, 3, o/o Paris Heiress, by Wildcat Heir. ALW, 4-3, Charles Town 9th-Oaklawn, $91,000, (S), 4-4, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, INTO MISCHIEF, Mischief Galore, f, 3, o/o Maren's Melody, by 1:12.70, sy. Unbridled's Song. MCL, 4-4, Oaklawn DUTCH TREAT (f, 4, Double Irish--Final Bel, by Idabel) Lifetime OVERANALYZE, Railman, c, 3, o/o Cat Tango, by Regal Classic. Record: SP, 11-2-4-0, $174,672. O/B-Shortleaf Stable, Inc. (AR); MCL, 4-4, Santa Anita T-William B. Van Meter. POINT OF ENTRY, Admission Office, c, 4, o/o Miss Chapin, by Royal Academy. ALW, 4-4, Keeneland 7th-Charles Town, $24,500, 4-3, (NW1X), 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, RODERIC O'CONNOR (IRE), Rijeka (Ire), g, 3, o/o Pelican Waters 1:47.64, ft. (Ire), by Key of Luck. AOC, 4-4, Santa Anita LILL MAVE (f, 4, Twirling Candy--Ever Nice {Arg} {GSW-Arg}, by SMARTY JONES, Mean Sophia, f, 2, o/o Quite Dramatic, by Mutakddim) Lifetime Record: 18-5-6-3, $95,604. O-Kozak Unusual Heat. MSW, 4-4, Keeneland Racing LLC; B-Clearsky Farms (KY); T-Anthony Farrior. SPEIGHTSTOWN, King of the Court, c, 4, o/o Divine Escapade, by A.P. Indy. ALW, 4-4, Oaklawn 3rd-Charles Town, $24,000, (S), 4-3, (NW3L), 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, SQUARE EDDIE, Sir Eddie, g, 4, o/o Gypsy Friday, by In Excess 1:19.55, ft. (Ire). MSW, 4-4, Santa Anita PARISIAN DIVA (f, 3, Freedom Child--Paris Heiress, by Wildcat STREET SENSE, Buddy's Run, c, 3, o/o Koodori Dawn, by Tale of Heir) Lifetime Record: SW, 5-3-1-1, $76,335. O/B-Melinda B. the Cat. MCL, 4-4, Gulfstream Golden (WV); T-Stacey R. Viands. TWIRLING CANDY, Lill Mave, f, 4, o/o Ever Nice (Arg), by Mutakddim. ALW, 4-3, Charles Town ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Mischief Galore, f, 3, Into Mischief--Maren's Melody, by Unbridled's Song. Oaklawn, 4-4, (C), 6f, 1:11.72. B-Machmer Hall & Golden Pedigree LLC (KY). *$90,000 Ylg '17 OBSWIN. Railman, c, 3, Overanalyze--Cat Tango, by Regal Classic. Santa Anita, 4-4, (C), 6f, 1:12.78. B-Pam Davis (IL). *$115,000 Ylg '17 FTKOCT. **1/2 to Beau Classic (Beau Genius), MSW & GSP, $198,282; and Bishop Casey (Broken Vow), SW, $184,494. Buddy's Run, c, 3, Street Sense--Koodori Dawn, by Tale of the Cat. Gulfstream, 4-4, (C), 6f, 1:12.43. B-David Garner (KY). *1ST-TIME STARTER. Sir Eddie, g, 4, Square Eddie--Gypsy Friday, by In Excess (Ire). Santa Anita, 4-4, (S), 6 1/2f (off turf), 1:20.14. B-Frank Mermenstein & Edward Freeman (CA). *$35,000 Ylg '16 Breeders’ Cup winner Bulletin (City Zip) stays unbeaten in the Palisades Turf Sprint S. at Keeneland BARSEL. KTFMC Castleton Classic 5k Run/Walk

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CUNNINGHAM--A REBEL PIVOTAL=S SIYARAFINA STREAKS TO RISING STARDOM IN THE RANKS Backed down to second favoritism for this one-mile firsters= test, His Highness The Aga Khan=s Siyarafina (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) dominated late proceedings after exhibiting an impessive turn of foot to justifiably earn >TDN Rising Star= status at the first attempt. The homebred bay broke in mid division and employed patience throughout, settling under cover off the pace in eighth. Inching ever closer in the straight, the 29-10 chance eased into a clear path with 350 metres remaining and quickened smartly for minimal persuasion inside the final furlong to easily account for Wishfully (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) by an impressive two lengths. Siyarafina, who holds entries in the May 26 G1 Prix Saint-Alary and June 16 G1 Prix de Diane, is the second foal and scorer for MGSP Listed Prix de Bagatelle victress Siyenica (Fr) (Azamour {Ire}). Cont. p4

Click to view an interview with Phil Cunningham on Rajasinghe IN TDN AMERICA TODAY TAKING STOCK: HOW WE GOT HERE Sid Fernando discusses the evolution and future of the American by Alayna Cullen dirt horse in his latest Taking Stock column. Click or tap here to Phil Cunningham, owner and founder of Rebel Racing, has go straight to TDN America. enjoyed success at the top level since getting involved in racehorse ownership. In 2014 he founded Rebel Racing and is now embarking on the hard task of making a stallion as G2 Coventry S. winner Rajasinghe (GB) (Choisir {Aus}) gets his new career underway. Phil recently sat down with the TDN=s Alayna Cullen to discuss his passion and the support he is throwing behind Rajasinghe.

TDN: Phil, firstly, why horse racing? How did you get involved in it?

Phil Cunningham: Seems such a long time ago now. I'm 50 the next year, so I think I probably got involved when I first left college. Dad had had a few horses before that. And then when I first started work, I got a few mates together and we bought our first horse as a syndicate, a great way to get involved with racing. The horse was called Cool Temper (GB), trained by Jack Banks, So yeah, it all seemed a long time ago, and obviously things, very fortunately for me, have gone well since. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 05 APRIL 2019

TDN: You mentioned winning the Coventry S. Of course that was with Rajasinghe who is now standing at The National Stud. Why did you decide to stand him there? PC: I've always had quite a close affinity to the Stud. Obviously, Cockney Rebel stood here when he first started his stud career. I With Phil Cunningham Cont. From p1 love the place, it's local, and so we get to continue to see the horse. But it really came from meetings with Tim Lane who's TDN: You have been quite a lucky owner. It's fair to say that been very supportive of our organization, a great friend of you've enjoyed success at the top level. Just tell us a little [trainer] Richard [Spencer]'s, and I think he's done a about the success you've had. tremendous job.

PC: Yeah, a very luck owner. Obviously, the big horse would be TDN: And just to go back to his Coventry win, what impressed Cockney Rebel (Ire) (Val Royal you most about it? {Fr}), he won the English and the Irish Guineas in 2007, a super, PC: Well, I think from a very, super horse. But prior to that, in very early stage, Richard picked 2005, we had the second in the him out as the one that looked a Guineas with Rebel Rebel (Ire) bit special. I think at only 28, I (Revoque {Ire}). The Guineas think Richard is, I believe one of, was always my favorite race as a if not the, youngest trainer of a racing fan and we had the fourth Royal Ascot winner. Which was in Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire})=s absolutely brilliant and Guineas with Slim Shadey (GB) well-deserved for all of his hard (Val Royal {Fr}) which was the work. But the way in which the first horse I ever bred. Flat horse did it, he got checked at racing is my passion, but I've the start, didn't have the Phil Cunningham leading in Cockney Rebel | Racing Post obviously lived the dream of a clearest sort of run through and Cheltenham winner with Cinders And Ashes (GB) (Beat Hollow pretty much had to run up the middle of the track on his own, {GB}) as well. which probably wasn't the fastest part of the track as it proved Then, obviously, I got more involved and, I suppose, lived the throughout the whole of that meeting and to beat the track dream in setting up our own training operation. Richard record, it was a dream, an absolute dream. (Spencer) joined us only three years ago and we won the Molecomb last year, the Coventry the year before and this TDN: You've announced a rather interesting incentive program year's team look like they could be even more promising. for breeders using Rajasinghe. Can you tell us a little more Definitely larger, so if the law of numbers applies, then yeah, about it? we're in for a good year. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 05 APRIL 2019

TDN Q&A With Phil Cunningham Cont.

PC: I think the interesting part from not coming from a racing background myself gives us the ability to look at things a little bit differently and from speaking to the guys, Tim, Joe, and Mark, that are involved in managing the horse for us, the issue that breeders are facing at the moment, especially at the level of the Vice President, International Operations Gary King market that we're looking at, is that some people are concerned Twitter: @garykingTDN about the future economy in and outside of the bloodstock side [email protected] of things. So I thought, >Well if we can balance that with what + 1.732.320.0975 we're trying to achieve, which is obviously in our first season get as many runners on the ground as possible, why not give them a International Editor guarantee of the money back should the horse not reach a price Kelsey Riley in commercial sales at the at the foal or the yearling stage?= So Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN what we're trying to do is encourage breeders to come in and [email protected] support our confidence. A little bit different I believe. We'll see European Editor what comes from it, and hopefully we'll have a super success Emma Berry story behind us in years to come. Like Kodiak, which would be Twitter: @collingsberry the similar sort of dream to what we're trying to obtain from [email protected] Rajasinghe.

Associate International Editor TDN: You mentioned you have a breeding operation, are you Heather Anderson sending any mares to him? Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN

Marketing Manager PC: Yes, I'm breeding some mares myself. I've got 10 or 12 Alayna Cullen mares myself, of which eight of them are going to the horse and Twitter: @AlaynaCullen we're going to, hopefully, obtain the best progeny that he [email protected] produces for ourselves. So we'll be viewing them all at the sales ring with the tremendous team that we have that includes Contributing Editor Richard and Bobby [O'Ryan]. Alan Carasso Twitter: @EquinealTDN Cont. p4 Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected]

Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey

Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | Andrew Caulfield John Berry | Kevin Blake

IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY IDENTIFYING THE BEST AT EASTER John Boyce examines the prices versus their racetrack performance of recent Inglis Easter Sale graduates. Click or tap Thrilla in Manila | Racing Post here to go straight to TDN Aus/NZ.

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The well-bred Siyarafina became the newest >TDN Rising Star= on Thursday, with a two-length win at Saint-Cloud. | Scoop Dyga

TDN Q&A With Phil Cunningham Cont. TDN: Earlier you said that you are hoping this year will be a good year for the team and one of the headline acts should be Rumble Inthejungle (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}). How is he and what are his targets this year?

PC: He's a magnificent hose, I've never seen a horse with such a Siyarafina New Rising Star Cont. from p1 great temperament. He really was the flag bearer for us last She is a half-sister to a 2-year-old filly by Invincible Spirit (Ire) year. Obviously now that we're in partnership with Cheveley and a yearling colt by Golden Horn (GB). Siyenica, herself out of Park, who are fantastic people to deal with, the final decision a stakes-winning half to MG1SW sire Slickly (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}), is will be with them, but I think the G1 Commonwealth Cup has kin to three black-type performers headed by G1 Prix Jean-Luc always been on the agenda and he will probably have one of Lagardere-winning sire Siyouni (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) and MG1SW two prep runs. British and French highweight Siyouma (Ire) (Medicean {GB}). (Return to p1) TDN: Finally is there any other horse we should be looking out for this year?

PC: I think Thrilla In Manila (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}), who's entered in the G1 2000 Guineas, really could be anything. He's definitely one to keep on the right side of, and we hope to see him in the G3 Greenham, which is looking like it's going to be quite a hot race.

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4th-Saint-Cloud, i25,000, Mdn, 4-4, unraced 3yo, f, 8fT, 1:47.79, sf. SIYARAFINA (FR), f, 3, by Pivotal (GB) 1st Dam: Siyenica (Fr) (SW & MGSP-Fr, $102,865), by Azamour (Ire) 2nd Dam: Sichilla (Ire), by Danehill 3rd Dam: Slipstream Queen, by Conquistador Cielo 1ST-TIME STARTER. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, i12,500. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue- style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan=s Studs SC (FR); T-Alain de Royer-Dupre.

OLD PERSIAN MOVES UP LWBRR Old Persian | Longines Following the $35-million Dubai World Cup night card, there Old Persian (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who landed the G1 Longines have been several changes to the Longines World=s Best Dubai Sheema Classic over Cheval Grand (Jpn) (Heart=s Cry Racehorse Rankings, but Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock {Jpn}) (119) on Mar. 30 is now in fifth with a mark of 122, while {Aus}), City of Light (Quality Road) and Winx (Aus) (Street Cry his Godolphin compatriot Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}), (Ire) all remain at the top of the chart with a rating of 125, while who won the G1 Dubai World Cup for the second consecutive Happy Clapper (Aus) (Teofilo {Ire}) remains in fourth at 123. year, was given a mark of 121, good for sixth. Cont. p6

Irish National Stud students with Living Legends: Nicholas Cope (Ire) with Hurricane Fly, Sarah Collings (Can) with Kicking King, Victoria Canessa (Arg) with Rite of Passage, Donncha McCarthy (Ire) with Hardy Eustace and Nadine Gut (Sui) with Beef or Salmon. Both Hardy Eustace and Hurricane Fly are celebrating birthdays on Friday. | Irish National Stud

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Old Persian Cont. Make Believe (GB) (Makfi {GB}), Ballylinch Stud Dubai World Cup bridesmaid Gronkowski (Lonhro {Aus}) has 87 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners moved into a joint seventh at 120 with G1 Al Quoz Sprint hero 14:00-LEICESTER, 5f, QUEENS ROAD (Ire) Blue Point (Ire) (Shamardal). G1 Dubai Turf heroine Almond Eye 20,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2017; 5,239gns (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) moves up to 119 in her 4-year-old Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Sept. Yearling Sale 2018 bow, and in Japan, Al Ain (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) was also measured at 119 after winning the G1 Osaka Hai. Godolphin=s Avilius (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) also rose to that mark after winning the G1 Ranvet S. And G1 Tancred S. with a week in between.

Thursday=s Results: 1st-Chelmsford City, ,8,550, Cond, 4-4, 3yo/up, f, 8f (AWT), 1:41.70, st. FIRST-SEASON SIRES DIAMOND OASIS (GB) (f, 3, Iffraaj {GB}--Belonging {GB} {SP-Fr}, WITH RUNNERS by Raven=s Pass), who bettered a July 13 debut sixth at York with a Dec. 19 win tackling seven furlongs at Lingfield last time, recovered from a sluggish exit to race in fifth for most of this Friday, Apr. 5, 2019: seasonal return. Making headway under pressure once into the UNITED KINGDOM straight, the 10-11 pick launched her bid at the eighth pole and Anjaal (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}), Rathasker Stud kept on well for whipless rousting in the closing stages to edge 148 foals of racing age/1 winners/0 black-type winners Yimkin (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) by a neck. Half to a yearling filly by 14:00-LEICESTER, 5f, MR FUDGE (GB) Teofilo (Ire), she is the second foal and one of two winners out 30,000gns Tattersalls December Foal Sale 2017; ,25,000 Goffs of Listed Prix Melisande runner-up Belonging (GB) (Raven=s UK Premier & Silver Yearling Sale 2018 Pass), herself kin to three black-type performers headed by G1 Fountain of Youth (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Bearstone Stud Grand Prix de Paris second and GSW sire Desideratum (GB) 71 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners (Darshaan {GB}) and stakes-winning G2 Grand Prix de Deauville 14:00-LEICESTER, 5f, SPIRITULIST (GB) runner-up Poet Laureate (GB) (Highest Honor {Fr}). Her fourth dam is storied blue hen Fall Aspen (Pretense). Lifetime Record: Hallowed Crown (Aus) (Street Sense), Kildangan Stud 3-2-0-0, $12,021. 77 foals of racing age/0 winners/0 black-type winners O/B-Godolphin (GB); T-Saeed bin Suroor. 14:00-LEICESTER, 5f, NEVER SAID NOTHING (Ire) i16,000 RNA Goffs November Foals Sale 2017; i7,000 Goffs ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: Sportsman's Yearling Sale 2018 Scat King (Ire), g, 3, Scat Daddy--Come To Heel (Ire) (SW-Ire), by Elnadim. Southwell, 4-4, 8f 13y (AWT), 1:40.90. B-Lynch Bages Ltd & Longfield Stud (IRE). *,110,000 2yo >18 GOFBRE.

PAPA TANGO CHARLY TOPS AINTREE SALE The fourth annual Goffs UK Aintree Sale was topped by point- to-pointer Papa Tango Charly (Fr) (No Risk At All {Fr}) (lot 12), who sold for a new record price of £440,000 to Aidan Kennedy. The debut winner from the consignment of Colin Bowe=s Milestone Stables counts listed hurdle winner Creme Caramel (Fr) (Rex Magna {Fr}) as his third dam. Overall 13 lots of the 25 sold (89%) brought six figures and the gross was £3,198,000. The average was £127,920 (+11%) and the median was £105,000 (+5%).

Hallowed Crown is looking for his first winner at Leicester on Friday AThe Aintree Sale has firmly established itself as an elite Darley Australia boutique outlet for high-class Pointers and Form Horses,@ said Goffs UK Managing Director Tony Williams. Cont. p7 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 7 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 05 APRIL 2019

Aintree Sale Cont. Sacred Life (Fr) (Siyouni {Ire}), the hitherto unraced 2-year-old filly Queen of the Sea (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) and a yearling filly AThe results this sale has been achieving on the track, by Sea the Stars (Ire). Knyazhna is out of an unraced full-sister to headlined most recently by Topofthegame, and a vintage 2019 G1 St Leger-winning sire Rule of Law (Kingmambo). Sales catalogue allowed us to attract the who=s who of the National history: i97,000 Ylg >17 ARAUG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, Hunt world and tonight=s results reflect its ever-growing status. i15,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. We are indebted to the Aintree executive for their enthusiastic 1ST-TIME STARTER. O-Godolphin; B-Mme Natalia Timoshenko & partnership in this sale and to our vendors who sent us Mme Yuliya Milovanova (IRE); T-Andre Fabre. outstanding horses once again which created an electric atmosphere in the ring.@ 2nd-Saint-Cloud, i25,000, Mdn, 4-4, unraced 3yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:45.31, sf. MELICERTES (GB) (c, 3, Poet=s Voice {GB}--Neptune=s Bride {GSW-Fr, GSP-Ity & US, $175,457}, by Bering {GB}) broke in mid division and settled off the pace in sixth for most of this debut. Thursday=s Results: Nudged along approaching the two pole, the 9-2 chance was still 5th-Saint-Cloud, i30,000, Mdn, 4-4, 3yo, f, 12fT, 2:41.38, sixth when angled off the rail into a clear path with 300 metres sf. remaining and found an additional gear under mild coaxing to JE NE REGRETTERIEN (GB) (f, 3, Galileo {Ire}--Prudenzia {GB} deny Zarkallani (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), a son of undefeated SW-Fr}, by Dansili {GB}), who posted a Nov. 16 debut second MG1SW European Horse of the Year Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar), by going 10 panels here last time, was steadied to track the leaders a neck in the dying strides. Becoming the ninth individual scorer in fourth after an alert getaway. Rowed along at the top of the for G3 Prix Fille de l=Air victress Neptune=s Bride (Bering {GB}), straight, the 7-10 favourite came under sterner urging to join the homebred bay is kin to the stakes-placed duo Sea Chariot Burning Victory (Fr) (Nathaniel {Ire}) with 100 metres remaining (Seeking the Gold) and Submariner (Singspiel {Ire}), and to the and was pushed out to deny that rival by a short neck. She dam of last year=s GSW G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. third Century becomes the fifth scorer for Listed Prix de la Seine victress Dream (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, Prudenzia (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) and is a full-sister to last term=s i12,500. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. MG1SP G2 Ribblesdale S. victress Magic Wand (Ire) and a half to 1ST-TIME STARTER. O/B-Godolphin (GB); T-Andre Fabre. G1 Irish Oaks heroine Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}). The latter became Ireland=s highest-priced thoroughbred when knocked FIRST WINNER FOR SIRE down for i6 million at Goffs= 2013 November sale and is the 2nd-Lyon-Parilly, i18,000, Mdn, 4-4, unraced 2yo, 4 1/2fT, dam of last term=s G3 Silver Flash S. placegetter Secret Thoughts :57.40, hy. (War Front). The i950,000 Arqana August yearling is also kin to ASK ME NOT (IRE) (c, 2, Anjaal {GB}--Dangerous Duo {Ire}, by a 2-year-old colt by Muhaarar (GB) and a yearling filly by Dubawi Intikhab) was quickly into stride and raced prominently through (Ire). Sales history: i950,000 Ylg >17 ARAUG. Lifetime Record: the initial stages of this first go. Scrubbed along when slipping 2-1-1-0, i20,400. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. back at halfway, the well-backed 6-5 chalk regained momentum O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Ecurie des under pressure to lead with 300 metres remaining and kept on Monceaux & Ecurie Skymarc Farm (GB); T-Andre Fabre. strongly for continued coaxing inside the final furlong to score by an ultimately comfortable 3/4 of a length from Love Vega 3rd-Saint-Cloud, i30,000, Mdn, 4-4, 3yo, c/g, 12fT, 2:41.75, (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), becoming the first winner for his sf. Rathasker Stud-based freshman sire (by Bahamian Bounty {GB}). KHAGAN (IRE) (c, 3, Le Havre {Ire}--Knyazhna {Ire}, by Montjeu Half to a yearling colt by Dandy Man (Ire), he is the first foal {Ire}), a June 2 G1 Prix du Jockey Club and July 14 G1 Grand Prix produced by an unraced daughter of Serene Dream (GB) (Oasis de Paris entry, broke well and tracked the leaders in fourth for Dream {GB}), herself an unraced half-sister to G3 Winter Derby- much of this first go. Coming under pressure with 500 metres winning sire Tranquil Tiger (GB) (Selkirk). Sales history: 5,500gns remaining, the 23-10 choice quickened to the fore approaching RNA Wlg >17 TATFOA; i2,000 Ylg >18 GOFNOV. Lifetime Record: the final furlong and was ridden clear in the latter stages to 1-1-0-0, i9,000. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. score by three lengths from Rayapour (Fr) (Mastercraftsman O-Mme Theresa Marnane; B-M J Halligan (IRE); T-Matthieu {Ire}). He is the second foal and winner for Knyazhna (Ire) Palussiere. (Montjeu {Ire}) and the bay is kin to G3 Prix Thomas Bryon victor TDN EUROPE • PAGE 8 OF 8 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 05 APRIL 2019

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Thursday=s Results: QATAR GOLD CUP, US$250,000, Al Rayyan (Doha), 4-4, 4yo/up, 2200mT, 2:14.19, gd. 1--THE BLUE EYE (GB), 128, h, 7, Dubawi (Ire)--Soneva (MGSW- Fr, GSW-UAE, $339,837), by Cherokee Run. (i400,000 HRA >14 ARQARC). O-Khalifa Bin Sheail KH J Al Kuwari; B-Aleyrion Bloodstock Ltd; T-Jassim Mohammed Ghazali; J-Harry Bentley; $142,500. Lifetime Record: 3x Hwt. Older Horse-Qat, Anjaal celebrated his first winner with Ask Me Not | Rathasker Stud 29-17-4-2, $1,959,677. 2--Heshem (Ire), 128, h, 6, Footstepsinthesand (GB)--Doohulla, CONDITIONS RESULTS: by Stravinsky. (i80,000 RNA Wlg >13 ARQDEC; i85,000 Ylg >16 1st-Lyon-Parilly, i22,000, Cond, 4-4, 3yo, 11fT, 2:26.46, hy. ARQAUG). $55,000. ARROW (FR) (g, 3, Toronado {Ire}--Jeu de Vivre {Ire}, by 3--Alignement (GB), 128, g, 6, Pivotal (GB)--Soldata, by Maria=s Montjeu {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, i22,600. O-Ecurie Mon. (i310,000 HRA >18 ARQARC). $27,500. Philippe Segalot; B-Aliette & Gilles Forien (FR); T-Jean-Claude Margins: 1HF, NO, SHD. VIDEO Rouget. *i90,000 Ylg >17 ARAUG. IN OTHER NEWS... ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS: A Daily Roundup of Racing Articles in Non-Industry Media Himola (Fr), c, 3, Dalakhani (Ire)--Campanillas (Ire) (MGSP-Fr), by Montjeu (Ire). Lyon-Parilly, 4-4, 11fT, 2:27.77. B-SARL Horse Racing: Wonder Horses Given Superhero Treatment Darpat France (FR). *1ST-TIME STARTER. **i20,000 RNA Ylg Ahead of National The British Jockey Club have enlisted Marvel >17 ARAUG. comic book artists to give the superhero treatment to some of the country=s all-time wonder horses in a bid to win over a new generation of racing fans. New York Times

Looking for more pace? Just insert a 10-pound claimer Inexperienced riders are generally given a straightforward instructionBgo forwardBbut the problem comes when multiple youngsters are given the same command. Tom Biddington, IN DUBAI: South China Morning Post Etisalat (GB), g, 4, Lethal Force (Ire)BChalet Girl (GB), by Oasis Dream (GB). Al Ain, 4-4, Hcp. (AED70k), 1400m, 1:26.07. B-Red Grand National 2019: Horse-by-Horse Betting Guide All 40 House Stud & Ketton Ashwell Ltd. (GB). *$110,000gns 2yo >17 runners= chances are examined for the Grand National at TATAPR; 45,000gns RNA HRA >18 TATOCT. Aintree, one of the world=s most famous races. Chris Cook, The Guardian IN QATAR: Luchador (GB), f, 3, Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)--Bride Unbridled (Ire), by Hurricane Run (Ire). Al Rayyan, 4-4, Cond., 1850mT, Follow the TDN staff on Twitter 1:55.54. B-Al Asayl Bloodstock Ltd. *,75,000 RNA HRA >18 Thoroughbred Daily News GOFLON; 55,000gns HRA >18 TATJUL. VIDEO Anima Rock (Fr), c, 4, Shamalgan (Fr)--Carnet De Bal (GB), by @garykingTDN @kelseynrileyTDN @collingsberry Kingsalsa. Al Rayyan, 4-4, Cond., 1200mT, 1:09.57. B-Mathieu @DaithiHarvey @EquinealTDN @HLAndersonTDN

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Rated 126 by Timeform, The Autumn Sun is clearly the best IDENTIFYING THE racehorse to sell at the Easter sale in recent years, but if the ratings are anything to go by he has a few peers. The Shamardal BEST AT EASTER gelding Able Friend (A$550,000 yearling) progressed his career in Hong Kong and was talented enough to earn a 130 rating from Timeform after four Group 1 victories at Sha Tin. Hot on Able Friend's heels in terms of class was Black Caviar's younger brother All Too Hard who was assessed at 129 following an exemplary 3-year-old season in which he won the G1 Caulfield Guineas and concluded his career with three straight Group 1 triumphs in the CF Orr, Futurity S. and All Aged S. All Too Hard was one of those in the millionaire yearling/G1 winner category, costing A$1,025,000 at the 2011 sale. Fastnet Rock's son Foxwedge sold for just A$100,000 less than All Too Hard the year before and went on to earn a 128 mark from Timeform after a consistent career in which he won the G1 William Reed at Moonee Valley. The joint-fourth best racehorse to graduate from the sale since 2010 cost a mere A$50,000. Flying Artie, rated 127, only ran seven times, but reached the top flight on his sixth start in the Coolmore Stud S. at Flemington. Only two The Autumn Sun as a yearling | TDN AusNZ other Easter yearlings in the period have earned Timeform ratings equal to or better than the Autumn Sun's mark of 126. Both, remarkably, failed to find buyers at prices that now look by John Boyce ridiculously cheap: Chautauqua, rated 127 and a six-time Group There is no better advertisement for a horse sale than The 1 winner – including three consecutive renewals of the TJ Smith, Autumn Sun. Witnessing this majestic son of the recently and Trapeze Artist, this season's leading sprinter and multiple deceased Redoute's Choice use his long stride to cut down his Group 1 winner who is awaiting his next run in this year's TJ opponents late on in five Group 1 races, including the Caulfield, Smith before taking up stud duties at Widden. Randwick and Rosehill Guineas, is one thing. It's altogether Cont. p2 another to know that he cost only A$700,000 as a yearling when sold at the Easter Yearling sale two years ago. But that's the recurring theme at the Australian yearling sales. There are expensive horses and there are good horses. Sure, sometimes they are both, but there are many stakes winners to be had at relatively low prices. Since 2010 there have been 221 stakes winners purchased at the sale, ranging in price from A$1,750,000 to the A$15,000 paid for Group 3-winning Denman filly Flitocracy in 2013. Forty stakes winners have sold for under A$100,000 and 104 for A$200,000 or less – that's 47% of all stakes-winning graduates in the past nine years. So if you are a buyer there's every reason to approach the sale with confidence even with a limited budget. Just as Winx has been flying the flag for Magic Millions this season, so too has The Autumn Sun for the Inglis Sydney Trapeze Artist | Bronwen Healy showpiece. TDN AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND • PAGE 2 OF 2 • THETDN.COM FRIDAY • 05 APRIL 2019

But there are have been a few surprises along the way. Starcraft, for instance, has a median price for all his 304 yearlings sold in Australasia of just over A$52,000, yet his 10 stakes winners have a median of almost A$228,000. Zoustar's six stakes-winning sales graduates have a median price of A$380,000, compared to an overall median of A$150,000. Epaulette, Foxwedge, Teofilo and Lonhro are others with a stakes-winner median price of at least twice their overall median. In all of these examples, it's evident that buyers had little difficulty in identifying the best prospects by these sires and were then prepared to put down good money. But in other cases, it isn't quite as clear cut. The red-hot I Am Invincible has a median price of A$125,000 for his 489 yearlings sold so far, yet his 37 stakes-winning sales graduates posted only slightly higher prices, with a median of A$160,000. And it seems even trickier to find the good Written Tycoon among his sales offerings: His 15 stakes winners have a median of A$50,000 which is less that the A$63,000 for all his yearlings. Even the future stakes winners of the great Redoute's Choice are that much harder to pinpoint from amongst all his well-credentialled yearlings. I suppose that's why it is possible to pick up a champion racehorse by the great sire for only A$700,000.

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For the record, the average price of a stakes winner at Easter AUSTRALIAN GROUP 1 RACES – 2018/2019 since 2010 is A$324,000 and buying a group winner will set you Date Race Track back on average A$342,000. Group 1 winners meanwhile have THE CHAMPIONSHIPS averaged A$376,000--all fairly reasonable prices that clearly Apr. 6 Doncaster H. Randwick demonstrate Easter is not the preserve of the very wealthy, but T J Smith S. Randwick of the astute. ATC Australian Derby Randwick This year's Easter sires are typically a mixture of the best in the ATC Sires’ Produce S. Randwick business and the most exciting young prospects. One would Apr. 13 Queen Elizabeth S. Randwick think that buying a good racehorse at any sale would come at a Sydney Cup Randwick premium. And that is indeed the case, particularly in Sydney. ATC Oaks Randwick